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dread

/ dread /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
"I fear the winters in Moscow"
"We should not fear the Communists!"
Kinds of:
panic
Derived:
apprehension apprehensiveness fear fearfulness fright
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Something is ----ing PP
noun Sense 2
fearful expectation or anticipation
"the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
Type of:
fear fearfulness fright
Kinds of:
trepidation foreboding premonition presentiment boding
Derived:
fear apprehend quail at
Semantic Complexity
30%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
17
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

panic fear fearfulness fright trepidation foreboding premonition presentiment boding