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dread·ed
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Princeton's WordNet
awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective
causing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
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dreadedadjective
Causing fear, dread or terror
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dreaded
Dreaded refers to something that is highly feared, intimidated or causing great distress, anxiety, or unease. It is typically used to describe a situation, event or object that a person greatly fears or wants to avoid. It implies strong worry or apprehension towards impending, undesirable situation or activity.
Webster Dictionary
Dreaded
of Dread
Anagrams for dreaded »
dead-red
readded
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dreaded in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dreaded in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of dreaded in a Sentence
I dreaded falling in love — but I knew this would be my last, it better be. I’m happy.
We have seen time gradually dispel every unfavorable foreboding and our Constitution surmount every adverse circumstance dreaded at the outset as beyond control.
Shut up dreaded!!!”
The dreaded one hole, it's not a good feeling, when Santa Anita Derby winner Dortmund drew the eight, I was happy with that.
There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.
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