| Front | dread |
|---|---|
| Back | verb, nounBrE /dred/NAmE /dred/verb forebodding apprehensive to be very afraid of sth; to fear that sth bad is going to happen ~ sthThis was the moment he had been dreading. ~ doing sth I dread being sick. ~ sb doing sth She dreads her husband finding out. ~ to do sth I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here.~ that… I both hoped and dreaded that he would come. noun [uncountable, countable, usually singular]a feeling of great fear about sth that might or will happen in the future; a thing that causes this feeling The prospect of growing old fills me with dread.  She has an irrational dread of hospitals.  The committee members live in dread of (= are always worried about) anything that may cause a scandal.  My greatest dread is that my parents will find out. |
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