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   dread

   /drɛd/

   verb

   • 1. anticipate with great apprehension or fear: "Jane was dreading the party"
   • 2. regard with great awe or reverence: archaic "the man whom Henry dreaded as the future champion of English freedom"

   noun

   • 1. great fear or apprehension: "the thought of returning to London filled her with dread"
   • 2. a sudden take-off and flight of a flock of gulls or other birds: "flocks of wood sandpiper, often excitable, noisy, and given to dreads"
   • 3. a person with dreadlocks: informal "the band appeals to dreads and baldheads alike"
   • ▪ dreadlocks: "Lyon combed his fingers through Curtis' dreads"

   adjective

   • 1. greatly feared; dreadful: "he was stricken with the dread disease and died"
   • 2. regarded with awe; greatly revered: archaic "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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