Definition for Dread:

• Be in great fear of; shrink from, look forward to with terror; fear greatly( that, to learn &c.), be afraid( to do). ( N.) great fear, awe, apprehension; object of fear or awe. [ Middle English]

Synonyms for Dread:

• adj.

  •horrible, terrifying (adjective)
  • frightful,
  • shuddersome,
  • awe-inspiring,
  • creepy.

• n.

  •
  • worry.
  •
  • funk,
  • scare.
  •
  • eerie,
  • wonder,
  • amaze,
  • awesome.
  •dismay (noun)
  • blahs.
  •dread (noun)
  • fearful,
  • dire,
  • alarming,
  • dreaded,
  • dreadful,
  • fearsome,
  • frightening,
  • horrendous,
  • direful,
  • awful,
  • horrific.
  •expectation (noun)
  • envisioning,
  • presumption,
  • expectancy,
  • uncertainty,
  • expectation,
  • suspense,
  • pessimism,
  • anticipation,
  • contemplation.
  •fear (noun)
  • phobia,
  • cowardice,
  • affright,
  • faintheartedness,
  • jitters,
  • spinelessness,
  • stage fright,
  • timidity,
  • creeps,
  • agitation,
  • goose bumps.
  •ghost (noun)
  • bugbear.

• v.

  •anticipate with horror (verb)
  • quake,
  • Misdoubt,
  • shrink from,
  • have cold feet,
  • shudder,
  • be afraid,
  • tremble,
  • apprehend,
  • cringe.
  •expect (verb)
  • assume,
  • envision,
  • foreknow,
  • await,
  • envisage,
  • anticipate,
  • imagine,
  • presuppose,
  • expect,
  • foresee,
  • suspect,
  • infer,
  • presume,
  • gather,
  • forebode,
  • surmise,
  • deduce,
  • contemplate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cold feet,
  • fuss,
  • fearfulness,
  • wonderment,
  • obsess,
  • agonize.
  •
  • astonishment,
  • chill,
  • awe,
  • trauma,
  • hysteria,
  • amazement.
  •
  • tension,
  • wobble,
  • admiration,
  • marvel.
  •fear
  • be frightened,
  • have qualms,
  • Feared,
  • be anxious.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dreadfully,
  • fearfully,
  • cadaverous,
  • astounding,
  • abject fear,
  • disquietude,
  • frighteningly,
  • frighten,
  • deadly,
  • gruesome,
  • horrid,
  • lurid,
  • fear and trembling,
  • admire,
  • be fearful,
  • odium,
  • anxiousness,
  • glorify,
  • ghastly,
  • grim,
  • harrowing,
  • ogre,
  • mind,
  • bugaboo,
  • concern,
  • go to pieces,
  • atrociously,
  • dislike,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • idolize,
  • savvy,
  • venerate,
  • hope,
  • terribly,
  • abominable,
  • hideously,
  • shudder at,
  • perhaps,
  • life,
  • think,
  • heebie-jeebies,
  • hesitation,
  • misgiving,
  • horrendously,
  • hostility,
  • nervous strain,
  • perchance,
  • scruple,
  • misgive,
  • intellect,
  • fell,
  • macabre,
  • foul,
  • stew,
  • tastelessness,
  • revere,
  • trouble,
  • savage,
  • majestic,
  • unhappiness,
  • flinch,
  • question,
  • be terror-stricken,
  • discontent,
  • formidable,
  • uncomfortableness,
  • anguish,
  • displeasure,
  • animus,
  • scary,
  • redoubtable,
  • terrific,
  • halt,
  • gloom,
  • disquiet,
  • stately,
  • animosity,
  • stampede,
  • deathlike,
  • horridly,
  • repugnance,
  • intuition,
  • presentiment,
  • reverence,
  • terrifying,
  • awed,
  • iniquitous,
  • inquietude,
  • appallingly,
  • painfulness,
  • antipathy,
  • qualm,
  • gory,
  • horrible,
  • valiant,
  • waiting,
  • savorlessness,
  • flagitious,
  • gruesomely,
  • overanxiety,
  • perturbation,
  • excitement,
  • hair-raising,
  • perilous,
  • deathly,
  • shirk,
  • tedium,
  • horrifying,
  • malaise,
  • tediousness,
  • abysmally,
  • hideous,
  • be sorry,
  • funny feeling,
  • staleness,
  • pins and needles,
  • cravenness,
  • ennui,
  • pucker,
  • conceive,
  • distrust,
  • sense,
  • zeal,
  • danger,
  • horrify,
  • all-overs,
  • terrifically,
  • diabolical,
  • malefic,
  • flatness,
  • demonic,
  • disturbance,
  • boredom,
  • frightfully,
  • tremendously,
  • discomposure,
  • suspicion,
  • concernment,
  • maybe,
  • second thoughts,
  • heinous,
  • loathing,
  • malevolent,
  • unpleasure,
  • horribly,
  • portentous,
  • outrageous,
  • fall apart,
  • ghoulish,
  • Fiendish,
  • unspeakable,
  • Affrightment,
  • vexation,
  • be agitated,
  • wick,
  • painful,
  • qualms,
  • trepid,
  • anxiety neurosis,
  • taking into custody,
  • joylessness,
  • veneration,
  • believe,
  • pinch,
  • have in mind,
  • terrify,
  • spleen,
  • severe,
  • care,
  • detain,
  • opposition,
  • diffidence,
  • recoil from,
  • possibly,
  • revulsion,
  • premonition,
  • face,
  • discomfort,
  • upset,
  • idolise,
  • collywobbles,
  • devilish,
  • collar,
  • unquietness,
  • grievous,
  • grimness,
  • irrational fear,
  • ghostly,
  • cheerlessness,
  • great fear,
  • respect,
  • blue funk,
  • execration,
  • Horrification,
  • distaste,
  • atrocious,
  • revolting,
  • amazing,
  • appalling,
  • Unsatisfaction,
  • anxiety hysteria,
  • cliff-hanging,
  • abhor,
  • strain,
  • nervousness,
  • feeling,
  • sinister,
  • forbidding,
  • evil,
  • tremor,
  • solicitude,
  • detestation,
  • understanding,
  • bogey,
  • arrest,
  • capture,
  • be concerned,
  • awfully,
  • abhorrence,
  • distress,
  • nausea,
  • grimly,
  • morbid,
  • quail at,
  • shock,
  • intimidating,
  • monstrous,
  • grisly,
  • catch,
  • rancour,
  • adore,
  • villainous,
  • grand,
  • dullness,
  • doubt,
  • emptiness,
  • discernment,
  • brutal,
  • wicked,
  • tremendous,
  • take for granted,
  • grotesque,
  • quiver,
  • desperate,
  • maleficent,
  • shocking,
  • afraid.

Paraphrases for Dread:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fright, fear.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    fear.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Fears.
  • Verb, base form
    fear.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    anxiety, scared, distress.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    horror, terror, anguish, apprehension, trepidation, angst.

Antonyms for Dread:

• adj.

  • horrible, terrifying
    welcomed, wonderful, pleasant, pleasing.
  • Other antonyms:
    pacifying, assurance, consoling, calming, lulling, inviting, repose, comforting, security, relaxing, tranquilizing, soothing, unalarming, reassuring.

• n.

  • fear
    want, confidence, contentment, calm, calmness, welcoming, happiness, bravery, encouragement, courage.

• v.

  • anticipate with horror
    steady, welcome, encourage.

Homophones for Dread:

• diderot, death rate, deaerate, druid, de-aerate, dooryard, dried-out, data rate, dryad, Drouth, die-hard, dart, dirty, derrida, dreaded, dry-eyed, dirt, dredd, derate, deteriorate, dard, dowered, dried, dry-rot, die hard, draw out, dotard, do-or-die, dehydrated, deathrate, detroit, deride, dry rot, dry out, diehard, DRED, dearth, diorite, dorado, dehydrate.

Hypernym for Dread:

• v.

  • emotion
    panic.