dread
verb [T] /dred/Definition
C2 to feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen: He's dreading his driving test - he's sure he's going to fail. [+ -ing verb] I'm dreading having to meet his parents.AfraidCausing anxiety and worryMaking people sad, shocked and upset dread to think C2 used to say that you do not want to think about something because it is too worrying: I dread to think what would happen if he was left to cope on his own.Anxious and worried
(Definition of dread verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- afraid adjective (FEAR)
- be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights idiom
- bottle out phrasal verb
- cower verb
- fear for sb/sth phrasal verb
- fear noun
- fear the worst idiom
- fear verb
- fearfully adverb
- horror-struck adjective
- in terror of your life idiom
- intimidated adjective
- panic verb
- panic-stricken adjective
- panicky adjective
- scared adjective
- shit a brick idiom
- shit verb
- terrified adjective
- terror-stricken adjective
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