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dread
English
Etymology
From Middle English dreden, from Old English dr?dan (“to fear, dread”), aphetic form of ondr?dan (“to fear, dread”), from and- +? r?dan (whence read); corresponding to an aphesis of earlier adread.
Akin to Old Saxon antdr?dan, andr?dan (“to fear, dread”), Old High German intr?tan (“to fear”), Middle High German entr?ten (“to fear, dread, frighten”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: dr?d, IPA(key): /d??d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Verb
dread (third-person singular simple present dreads, present participle dreading, simple past and past participle dreaded)
- (transitive) To fear greatly.
- To anticipate with fear.
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22[1]
- Day by day, hole by hole our bearing reins were shortened, and instead of looking forward with pleasure to having my harness put on as I used to do, I began to dread it.
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22[1]
- (intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.
- Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
- (transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
Derived terms
- dreadable
- dreadly
- dreadworthy
Translations
Noun
dread (countable and uncountable, plural dreads)
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons
- the secret dread of divine displeasure
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
- The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- (obsolete) A person highly revered.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene
- Una, his dear dread
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene
- (obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.
- A Rastafarian.
- (chiefly in the plural) dreadlock
Derived terms
- dreaden
- dreadful
- dreadless
- dreadsome
Translations
Adjective
dread (comparative dreader, superlative dreadest)
- Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
- (archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
Derived terms
- dreadly
Translations
See also
- dreadlocks
- dreadnought
Anagrams
- adder, dared, radde, re-add, readd
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- dreads
Noun
dread m (plural dreads)
- Clipping of dreadlock.
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detestation
English
Etymology
From Middle French détestation.
Noun
detestation (countable and uncountable, plural detestations)
- Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
- Something detested.
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