Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dread
1 sense of dread
Sense 1
fear, dread
=> panic
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dread
1 sense of dread
Sense 1
fear, dread
=> panic
=> freak out freak, gross out
Entailment of verb dread
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb dread
1 sense of dread
Sense 1
fear, dread
Familiarity of verb dread
dread used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dread
Sense 1
fear, dread
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Grep of noun dread
dread
dreadfulness
dreadlock
dreadnaught
dreadnought
Overview of noun dread
The noun dread has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread -- (fearful expectation or anticipation: "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension")
Overview of verb dread
The verb dread has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) fear, dread -- (be afraid or scared of be frightened of "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!")
Overview of adj dread
The adj dread has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible -- (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")
Antonyms of adj dread
1 sense of dread
Sense 1
awful, dire, direful, dread(postnominal), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
INDIRECT (VIA alarming) -> unalarming
Similarity of adj dread
1 sense of dread
Sense 1
awful, dire, direful, dread(postnominal), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
=> alarming (vs. unalarming)
Attributes of adj dread
Familiarity of adj dread
dread used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Grep of adj dread
dread
dreaded
dreadful
Overview of noun dread
The noun dread has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread -- (fearful expectation or anticipation: "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension")
Overview of verb dread
The verb dread has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) fear, dread -- (be afraid or scared of be frightened of "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!")
Overview of adj dread
The adj dread has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible -- (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")
dread definition
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