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   dread

   /dred/

   verb

   • 1. anticipate with great apprehension or fear: "Jane was dreading the party"
   • ▪ regard with great awe or reverence.

   noun

   • 1. great fear or apprehension: "the thought of returning to New Jersey filled her with dread"
   • 2. a person with dreadlocks. informal
   • ▪ dreadlocks: "Lyon combed his fingers through Curtis' dreads"

   adjective

   • 1. greatly feared; dreadful: "he was stricken with the dread disease and died"
   • ▪ regarded with awe; greatly revered: "that dread being we dare oppose"

   Word Origin Old Englishādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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