📖 dread

adjective1 sense

1. causing fear or dread or terror“the awful war”

See also: awfuldiredirefuldreadeddreadfulfearfulfearsomefrightening

noun2 sense

1. fearful expectation or anticipation“the student looked around the examination room with apprehension”

See also: apprehensionapprehensiveness

verb3 sense

1. be afraid or scared of; be frightened of“I fear the winters in Moscow”

See also: fear

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