Word: dread
Word origin: Old English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan .
Phonetic:
drɛdListen:
anticipate with great apprehension or fear. Example: Jane was dreading the party
regard with great awe or reverence. Example: the man whom Henry dreaded as the future champion of English freedom
great fear or apprehension. Example: the thought of returning to London filled her with dread
a sudden take-off and flight of a flock of gulls or other birds. Example: flocks of wood sandpiper, often excitable, noisy, and given to dreads
a person with dreadlocks. Example: the band appeals to dreads and baldheads alike
greatly feared; dreadful. Example: he was stricken with the dread disease and died
regarded with awe; greatly revered. Example: that dread being we dare oppose
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