Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - dread
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Dread
dread
~1 v 1 to feel anxious or worried about something that is going to happen or you think will happen in the future (I've got an interview tomorrow and I'm dreading it. | dread doing sth) (I'm dreading going back to work. | dread sb doing sth) (Tim dreaded his parents finding out. | dread (that)) (I'm dreading that I'll be asked to help on Sunday.) 2 I dread to think spoken used to show that you think a situation is very worrying (I dread to think what the children will get up to when I'm away.) ~2 n 1 a fear of something in the future (The prospect of meeting Mark's relatives filled her with dread. | a dread of) (a dread of the unknown) 2 be/live in dread of to continuously be very anxious or afraid of what may happen (The people of the war-torn city live in dread of further shelling.)
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(dreads, dreading, dreaded) 1. If you dread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting. I’m dreading Christmas this year... I’d been dreading that the birth would take a long time. ? look forward to VERB: V n/-ing, V that 2. Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come. N-UNCOUNT 3. Dread means terrible and greatly feared. (LITERARY) ...a more effective national policy to combat this dread disease. = dreaded ADJ: usu ADJ n 4. see also dreaded 5. If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant. I dread to think what will happen in the case of a major emergency... PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR wh ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English dreden, from Old English dr?dan Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to fear greatly b. archaic to regard with awe 2. to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face intransitive verb to be apprehensive or fearful II. noun Date: 13th century 1. a. great fear especially in the face of impending evil b. extreme uneasiness in the face of a disagreeable prospect ~ of a social blunder c. archaic awe 2. one causing fear or awe 3. a. ~lock 1 b. plural ~lock 2 Synonyms: see fear III. adjective Date: 15th century 1. causing great fear or anxiety 2. inspiring awe ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v., n., & adj. --v.tr. 1 (foll. by that, or to + infin.) fear greatly. 2 shrink from; look forward to with great apprehension. 3 be in great fear of. --n. 1 great fear, apprehension, awe. 2 an object of fear or awe. --adj. 1 dreaded. 2 archaic awe-inspiring, revered. Etymology: OE adr{aelig}dan, ondr{aelig}dan ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. (благоговейный) страх; ужас to have a dread of smth. —- бояться (страшиться) чего-л. to be (to live) in dread of smth. —- жить в постоянном страхе перед чем-л. dread of light —- мед. светобоязнь 2. пугало 3. страшный человек; гроза 4. человек, внушающий благоговейный страх 5. книж. страшный, наводящий ужас 6. книж. внушающий благоговейный страх, грозный 7. бояться, страшиться; содрогаться от страха to dread the coming winter —- содрогаться при мысли о наступающей зиме to dread dying (to die) —- бояться смерти I dread (that) it is true —- боюсь, что это правда I dread to think of it —- боюсь и думать об этом 8. испытывать благоговейный страх ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) страх, боязнь; опасение to have a dread of smth. - бояться чего-л. 2) то, что порождает страх; пугало Syn: see anxiety 2. v. страшиться, бояться; опасаться 3. adj. obs.; poet. ужасный, страшный ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. ondrжdan "counsel or advise against," also "fear," from on- "against," second element of uncertain origin; prefix wore off after 12c. Dreadnought for "battleship" traces back to a ship of that name in the British Navy c.1596, but modern sense is from being used 1906 as the name of the first of a new class of battleships mainly armed with big guns of one caliber. Dreadlocks first recorded 1960, so called from the dread they presumably aroused in beholders. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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