dread

verb · noun · adjectiveA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

dreads

V_ing/Gerund

dreading

V_ed/pp

dreaded

1.
(transitive)To fear greatly.
2.
To anticipate with fear.
I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life.
3.
(intransitive)To be in dread, or great fear.
4.
(transitive)To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

dreads

1.
(countable, uncountable)Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
My visit to the doctor is filling me with dread.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
3.
(countable, uncountable)Somebody or something dreaded.
4.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A person highly revered.
5.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Fury; dreadfulness.
6.
(countable, uncountable)A Rastafarian.
7.
(abbreviation, alt of, clipping, countable, in plural, slang, uncountable)(slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
8.
(abbreviation, alt of, clipping, countable, historical, slang, uncountable)(military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
The Royal Navy sent six dreads and four BCs to intercept the German raiding force.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

dreader

Superlative

dreadest

1.
Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
1980, Donald Fagen; Walter Becker (lyrics and music), "Glamour Profession" in Gaucho, track 3: "Jack with his radar / Stalking the dread moray eel"
2.
(archaic)Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.

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From Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan (to fear, dread), aphetic form of ondrǣdan (to fear, dread), from *andarādan, equivalent to Old English and- + rǣdan (whence read); corresponding to an aphesis of earlier adread.