dread usually adds the idea of intense reluctance to face or meet a person or situation and suggests aversion as well as anxiety.

DREAD definition: 1. to feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might…. Learn more.

DREAD definition: to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of. See examples of dread used in a sentence.

Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen. She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.

Dread is a feeling of fear, but it can also be the desire to avoid something. For example, many people feel dread at the very thought of speaking in front of an audience.

1. Causing terror or fear: a dread disease. See Usage Note below. 2. Inspiring awe: the dread presence of the headmaster.

Metroid Dread[a] is a 2021 action-adventure game developed by MercurySteam and Nintendo EPD and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch on October 8, 2021. It is the ninth main installment in …

Dec 14, 2025 · dread (third-person singular simple present dreads, present participle dreading, simple past and past participle dreaded) (transitive) To fear greatly. I'm dreading getting the results of the …

She awaited her punishment with dread. The news about the war fills me with dread. They live in constant dread of another attack.

1. Causing terror or fear: a dread disease. See Usage Note below. 2. Inspiring awe: the dread presence of the headmaster.