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dread definition
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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 -------------- 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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