Dread | Mean of dread in English Dictionary

/ˈdrɛd/

• Verb
• to fear something that will or might happen
1. He can't swim and dreads going in the water.
2. She dreaded making speeches in front of large audiences.
3. I dread the day I will have to leave my friends.
4. I dread the thought of moving next week.
5. I dread to think about what they might do next.
• Noun
• a strong feeling of fear about something that will or might happen
1. She has a dread of failure.
2. He lives with the/a constant dread of rejection.
3. She awaited her punishment with dread.
4. The news about the war fills me with dread.
5. They live in constant dread of another attack.
• a person or thing that causes fear
1. They lived in tight rows of wooden houses, and fire was a constant dread.

• causing great fear
1. a dread [=dreaded] disease