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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dread \Dread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dreaded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Dreading}.] [AS. dr?dan, in comp.; akin to OS dr[=a]dan,
OHG. tr[=a]tan, both only in comp.]
To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to
with terrific apprehension.
When at length the moment dreaded through so many years
came close the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's
mind. --Macaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dreaded
adj : 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" [syn: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)}, {dreadful},
{fearful}, {fearsome}, {frightening}, {horrendous}, {horrific},
{terrible}]
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