ALL meanings of dread
dread
D d - noun dread Anticipate with great apprehension or fear. 1
- noun dread fear 1
- transitive verb dread feel daunted by 1
- transitive verb dread fear greatly 1
- verb with object dread to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death. 1
- verb with object dread to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience: I dread going to big parties. 1
- verb with object dread Archaic. to hold in respectful awe. 1
- verb without object dread to be in great fear. 1
- noun dread terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear. 1
- noun dread a person or thing dreaded. 1
- noun dread dreads, Informal. dreadlocks. 1
- noun dread Informal. a person who wears dreadlocks.w. 1
- noun dread Archaic. deep awe or reverence. 1
- adjective dread greatly feared; frightful; terrible. 1
- adjective dread held in awe or reverential fear. 1
- noun dread Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror. 0
- noun dread Reverential or respectful fear; awe. 0
- noun dread Somebody or something dreaded. 0
- noun dread (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A person highly revered. 0
- noun dread (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Fury; dreadfulness. 0
- noun dread A Rastafarian. 0
- noun dread (chiefly in the plural) dreadlock. 0
- verb dread (Transitive Verb) To fear greatly. 0
- verb dread To anticipate with fear. 0
- verb dread (Intransitive Verb) To be in dread, or great fear. 0
- verb dread (Transitive Verb) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks. 0
- adjective dread Terrible; greatly feared. 0
- adjective dread (archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe. 0
- verb dread If you dread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting. 0
- uncountable noun dread Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen. 0
- adjective dread Dread means terrible and greatly feared. 0
- adjective dread You can use dread to describe something that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying or undesirable. 0
- verb dread to anticipate with apprehension or terror 0
- verb dread to fear greatly 0
- verb dread to be in awe of 0
- noun dread great fear; horror 0
- noun dread an object of terror 0
- noun dread a Rastafarian 0
- noun dread deep reverence 0
- adjective dread awesome; awe-inspiring 0
- verb transitive dread to anticipate with anxiety, alarm, or apprehension; fear intensely 0
- verb transitive dread to face (something disagreeable) with reluctance 0
- verb transitive dread to regard with awe 0
- intransitive verb dread to be very fearful 0
- noun dread intense fear, esp. of something which may happen 0
- noun dread fear mixed with awe or reverence 0
- noun dread reluctance and uneasiness 0
- noun dread something dreaded 0
- abbreviation DREAD dreadlocks 0
- adjective dread dreaded or dreadful 0