dread
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
Noun
fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
Verb
be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
Synonyms
apprehension
apprehensiveness
awful
dire
direful
dreaded
dreadful
fear
fearful
fearsome
frightening
horrendous
horrific
terrible
More Specific Terms
boding
chill
foreboding
gloom
gloominess
pall
panic
premonition
presentiment
somberness
sombreness
suspense
trepidation