Dictionary Entry
dread
dread is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.
- 2intransitive verb
To be in dread, or great fear.
- 3noun
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- 4noun
Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
- 5noun
An object of terrified apprehension.
- 6noun
A person highly revered.
- 7noun
Fury; dreadfulness.
- 8noun
Doubt; as, out of dread.
- 9adjective
Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
- 10adjective
Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.
- 11noun
fearful expectation or anticipation
"the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
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- 12verb
be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
"I fear the winters in Moscow"
"We should not fear the Communists!"
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- 13adjective
causing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"
"an awful risk"
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