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dread

/drɛd/

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adjective
causing fear or dread or terror
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"the dread presence of the headmaster" "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was" "a dreadful storm"

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awful dire direful dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible alarming
noun
fearful expectation or anticipation
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apprehension apprehensiveness

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fearfulness fear fright
verb
be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
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fear

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