Dread
Definitions
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- A person highly revered.
- Fury; dreadfulness.
- A Rastafarian.
- Clipping of dreadlock.
- Clipping of dreadnought.
Equivalents
Examples
“My visit⟳ to the doctor is filling me with dread.”
“the secret dread of divine displeasure”
“the dread of something after death”
“They shared a common dread that he would begin⟳ moaning.”
“In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take⟳ a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture⟳ made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim⟳ that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience⟳ of dread in the face⟳ of nothingness.”
“The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth.”
“His sceptre shows the force⟳ of temporal power, / The attribute to awe and majesty, / Wherein doth sit⟳ the dread and fear of kings.”
“Una, his dear dread”
“The mightie ones, affrayd of every chaunges dread”
“Jesus Christ had dreads / So shake⟳ 'em / I ain't got none / But I'm planning on growing some.”
“The Royal Navy sent six dreads and four BCs to intercept the German raiding force⟳.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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