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dread

fear

Related forms: dread · 3 words in this dictionary

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3 words

to be very afraid of something, or to be very anxious about something that might happen

Shared component: dread · fear

extremely bad, unpleasant, or shocking

dread+ful

Shared component: dread · fear

extremely badly or unpleasantly

dread+ful+ly

Shared component: dread · fear