dread

dread  (drd)

v. dread·ed, dread·ing, dreads

v.tr.

1. To be in terror of.

2. To anticipate with alarm, distaste, or reluctance: dreaded the long drive home.

3. Archaic To hold in awe or reverence.

v.intr.

To be very afraid.

n.

1. Profound fear; terror.

2. Fearful or distasteful anticipation. See Synonyms at fear.

3. An object of fear, awe, or reverence.

4. Archaic Awe; reverence.

adj.

1. Causing terror or fear: a dread disease.

2. Inspiring awe: the dread presence of the headmaster.

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[Middle English dreden, short for adreden, from Old English adrdan, from ondrdan, to advise against, fear : ond-, and-, against; see un-² + rdan, to advise; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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dread

Verb

to anticipate with apprehension or terror

Noun

great fear [Old English ondrǣdan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" apprehension, apprehensiveness fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) trepidation - a feeling of alarm or dread boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" suspense - apprehension about what is going to happen gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness - a feeling of melancholy apprehension pall, chill - a sudden numbing dread
Verb	1.	dread - be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" fear panic - be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
Adj.	1.	dread - causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, awful, dire, horrific, fearful alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

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dread

verb 1. fear, shrink from, cringe at the thought of, quail from, shudder to think about, have cold feet about (informal) anticipate with horror, tremble to think about

noun 2. fear, alarm, horror, terror, dismay, fright, apprehension, consternation, trepidation, apprehensiveness, affright

Translations

dread [drɛd] n → pavor m; terror m

vt → temer, tener miedo or pavor a

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dread [drɛd] n → épouvante f, effroi m

vt → redouter, appréhender

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dread [drɛd] n → Angst f, Furcht f

vt → große Angst haben vor +dat

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dread [drɛd] n → terrore m

vt → tremare all'idea di