dread

noun/drɛd/

Frequency rank: #6,499 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a feeling of great fear or anxiety about something that might happen.

Illustration for the English word “dread”

Example sentence

She felt dread before every visit to the dentist.

Synonyms & related words

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