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dread

adjective as in horrible, terrifying

verb as in anticipate with horror

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Prized for their efficiency — and dreaded for their overconfident drivers — these taxis are an essential part of mobility on the continent.

From Ozy

The best horror games build a sense of dread and vulnerability, and this moment from “Little Nightmares 2” captures those feelings perfectly, through unsettling sound design, Tim Burton-like art direction and a slow, gradual buildup to a scare.

As I mentioned, I have a son in ninth grade, and like so many, I’m kind of dreading the college-application process.

From Time

They raced down well-worn pathways of my brain, the ones that lead to dread and fear.

Most of us want to travel back home to Nigeria, and we have iPhones, we have dreads.

From Eater

The name that most Republicans seem both to expect and dread to consider running is Vito Fossella.

A few worries, to be sure, but not that cousin of depression and anxiety, dread.

Dread is the feeling I get when something bad seems to be on the way, and I know that there's not a damn thing I can do about it.

The specter of this virus fills some of our most stalwart souls with unreasoning dread even when it is no immediate threat.

People will testify they were cured of dread diseases when they prayed to Romero.

There is always in the background of my mind dread lest help should reach the enemy before we have done with Sedd-el-Bahr.

Before the dread significance of these things became clear, a bugle-call rang out.

Gray returned no answer, moving restlessly up and down before the door in a fever of excitement and dread.

It was evident that the dread of another period of prison life was strong upon the trembling wretch.

In one word, to the whole worship of God the soul that clings to His Covenant will cordially bind itself in his dread presence.

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On this page you'll find 92 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dread, such as: alarming, frightening, awe-inspiring, awful, creepy, and dire.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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