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    dread

    dread - Dictionary definition and meaning for word dread

    Definition
    (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation
    Example Sentence
    • the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
    Definition
    (verb) be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
    Synonyms : fear
    Example Sentence
    • I fear the winters in Moscow
    • We should not fear the Communists!
    Definition
    (adj) causing fear or dread or terror
    Example Sentence
    • 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
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dread

DrEAD when i see dead people i dread

Dar lage "Read" karne me

Dread ...dad. I dread my dad coming home drunken.

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