English > dread: 3 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Causing fear or dread or terror. |
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| Examples | - "the dread presence of the headmaster"
- "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
- "a dreadful storm"
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| Synonyms | awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| Broader | alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger |
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| Spanish | alarmante, calamitoso, espantosa, espantoso, fatal, horrendo, horrible, horrorosa, horroroso, pavoroso, sobrecogedor, temible, temido, terrible, tremendo |
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| Catalan | alarmant, calamitós, esfereïdor, espantós, esparverador, fatal, horrible, horripilant, horrorós, paorós, temible, terrible |
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| Nouns | dread | fearful expectation or anticipation |
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English > dread: 3 senses > noun 1, feeling| Meaning | fearful expectation or anticipation. |
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| Synonyms | apprehension, apprehensiveness |
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| Narrower | chill, pall | A sudden numbing dread |
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| foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding | A feeling of evil to come |
| gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness | A feeling of melancholy apprehension |
| suspense | apprehension about what is going to happen / happen / happen |
| trepidation | A feeling of alarm or dread |
| Broader | fear, fearfulness, fright | An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
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| Spanish | aprensión, pavor, recelo, temor, terror |
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| Catalan | aprensió, basarda, por, recel, reguard, temença, temor, terror |
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| Adjectives | dread | causing fear or dread or terror |
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| Verbs | dread | be afraid or scared of |
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