dread
21dread — 1 verb 1 (T) to feel anxious or worried about something that is going to happen or you think will happen in the future: I ve got an interview tomorrow and I m dreading it. | dread doing sth: I m dreading going back to work. | dread sb doing sth:… …
22dread — I UK [dred] / US verb [transitive] Word forms dread : present tense I/you/we/they dread he/she/it dreads present participle dreading past tense dreaded past participle dreaded to feel very worried about something that might happen or something… …
23dread — 01. He always [dreaded] the end of the year when they had their final exams. 02. The old woman was filled with [dread] when she found the body of her husband lying on the kitchen floor. 03. She was [dreading] meeting her old boyfriend at the… …
24dread — I. adj 1. Jamaican an all purpose word imply ing authentic, impressive, etc., in con nection with the black reggae and ganja culture and Rastafarian religion of Jamaica. The word first conveyed the power and awe felt and inspired by the… …
25dread — [dred] verb [T] I to feel very worried about something that will or could happen She started to dread seeing him.[/ex] • I dread to think spoken used for saying that you are worried about a situation[/ex] I dread to think what it will cost.[/ex]… …
26Dread — Dreadlocks Pour les articles homonymes, voir locks. Les dreadlocks d un rastaman. Les dreadlocks ou cadenettes, appelés parfois tout simple …
27dread — dreadable, adj. dreadness, n. /dred/, v.t. 1. to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death. 2. to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience: I dread going to big parties. 3. Archaic. to hold in respectful awe. v.i. 4. to be in… …
28dread — 1. verb I used to dread going to school Syn: fear, be afraid of, worry about, be anxious about, have forebodings about; be terrified by, tremble/shudder at, shrink from, quail from, flinch from; informal get cold feet about 2. noun she was filled …
29dread — v. 1) (rare) (E) I dread to see him again 2) (G) she dreads going to the dentist * * * [dred] (G) she dreads going to the dentist (rare) (E) 1 dread to see him again …
30dread — 1. verb I used to dread going to school Syn: fear, be afraid of, worry about, be anxious about, shudder at the thought of Ant: look forward to 2. noun she was filled with dread Syn: fear, apprehension, trepidation, anxiety …
