dread

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From Middle English drede, dredde, dradde, ydreddyd (“feared, dreaded, honoured”), past participle of Middle English dreden (“to fear, dread”). See above.

From Middle English drede, dred, from the verb (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian drēd, drēde (“fear, dread”).

From Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan (“to fear, dread”), aphetic form of ondrǣdan (“to fear, dread”), from Proto-West Germanic *andarādan, equivalent to Old English and- + rǣdan (whence read); corresponding to an aphesis of earlier adread. Akin to Old Saxon antdrādan, andrādan (“to fear, dread”), Old High German intrātan (“to fear”), Middle High German entrāten (“to fear, dread, frighten”).

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: grausig — terrible
• German: schauderhaft — terrible
• German: grauenerregend — terrible
• German: grauenvoll — terrible
• German: gräulich — terrible
• German: fürchterlich — terrible
• Armenian: սարսափ (sarsapʻ) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Armenian: ահ (ah) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Armenian: սոսկում (soskum) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Assamese: ভয় (bhoy) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Bulgarian: страх (strah) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Bulgarian: боя́зън (bojázǎn) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐怖 (kǒngbù) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Czech: hrůza — great fear in view of impending evil
• Dutch: vrees — great fear in view of impending evil
• Dutch: doodsangst — great fear in view of impending evil
• Esperanto: timego — great fear in view of impending evil
• Finnish: kauhu — great fear in view of impending evil
• Finnish: pelko — great fear in view of impending evil
• French: crainte — great fear in view of impending evil
• Galician: pavor — great fear in view of impending evil
• Galician: terror — great fear in view of impending evil
• Galician: horror — great fear in view of impending evil
• German: Grausen — great fear in view of impending evil
• German: Schaudern — great fear in view of impending evil
• German: Angst — great fear in view of impending evil
• Greek: τρόμος (trómos) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Hebrew: חרדה (kharadá) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Hebrew: פחד (pákhad) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Hebrew: חשש (khashásh) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Hebrew: אימה (eimá) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Hindi: वहशत (vahśat) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Hindi: सहम (saham) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Hungarian: rettegés — great fear in view of impending evil
• Italian: timore — great fear in view of impending evil
• Japanese: 恐怖 (kyōfu) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Latin: formīdō — great fear in view of impending evil
• Latin: timor — great fear in view of impending evil
• Latin: metus — great fear in view of impending evil
• Middle English: dred — great fear in view of impending evil
• Middle English: drednesse — great fear in view of impending evil
• Persian: وحشت (vahšat) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Polish: groza — great fear in view of impending evil
• Portuguese: temor — great fear in view of impending evil
• Portuguese: terror — great fear in view of impending evil
• Romanian: frică — great fear in view of impending evil
• Romanian: teamă — great fear in view of impending evil
• Romanian: temere — great fear in view of impending evil
• Russian: страх (strax) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Russian: боя́знь (bojáznʹ) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Scottish Gaelic: oillt — great fear in view of impending evil
• Scottish Gaelic: uamhann — great fear in view of impending evil
• Scottish Gaelic: uabhas — great fear in view of impending evil
• Scottish Gaelic: eagal — great fear in view of impending evil
• Scottish Gaelic: sgrath — great fear in view of impending evil
• Spanish: pavor — great fear in view of impending evil
• Spanish: temor — great fear in view of impending evil
• Spanish: miedo — great fear in view of impending evil
• Spanish: terror — great fear in view of impending evil
• Spanish: horror — great fear in view of impending evil
• Sranan Tongo: frede — great fear in view of impending evil
• Tagalog: alap-ap — great fear in view of impending evil
• Ottoman Turkish: قورقو (korku) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Ottoman Turkish: وحشت (vahşet) — great fear in view of impending evil
• Czech: bázeň — respectful fear, awe
• German: Ehrfurcht — respectful fear, awe
• Hebrew: יראה (yir'á) — respectful fear, awe
• Middle English: dred — respectful fear, awe
• Middle English: drednesse — respectful fear, awe
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐怖 (kǒngbù) — somebody or something dreaded
• Czech: vystrašený — somebody or something dreaded
• Dutch: gevreesde — somebody or something dreaded
• Dutch: gevreesde — somebody or something dreaded
• Finnish: kauhistus — somebody or something dreaded
• German: Gefürchtete — somebody or something dreaded
• German: Befürchtete — somebody or something dreaded
• Greek: τρόμος (trómos) — somebody or something dreaded
• Portuguese: terrível — somebody or something dreaded
• Romanian: sperietoare — somebody or something dreaded
• Albanian: druaj tutna — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Bulgarian: страху́вам се (strahúvam se) — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Catalan: témer — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Czech: hrozit se — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Czech: zhrozit se — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Czech: děsit se — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Czech: mít hrůzu — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Dutch: vrezen — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Dutch: schrik hebben — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Dutch: bang zijn — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Finnish: pelätä — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Finnish: hirvittää — to fear greatly so./sth.
• French: redouter — to fear greatly so./sth.
• French: craindre — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Galician: temer — to fear greatly so./sth.
• German: schaudern — to fear greatly so./sth.
• German: grauen — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Greek: φοβάμαι (fovámai) — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Hebrew: חשש (khashásh) — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Hungarian: retteg — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Irish: adhfhuathaigh — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Italian: temere — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Latin: formīdō — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Latin: vereor — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Latin: timeō — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Māori: whakarika — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Middle English: adreden — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Middle English: dreden — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Portuguese: temer — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Romanian: teme — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Russian: боя́ться (bojátʹsja) — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Sanskrit: बिभेति (bibheti) — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Serbo-Croatian: strahovati — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Spanish: temer — to fear greatly so./sth.
• Albanian: druaj — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Bulgarian: опася́вам се (opasjávam se) — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Czech: hrozit se — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Czech: obávat se — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Dutch: vrezen — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Finnish: odottaa pelolla — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Finnish: pelätä — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Finnish: hirvittää — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• French: redouter — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• French: craindre — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• German: gruseln — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• German: grausen — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• German: eine Gänsehaut bekommen / kriegen — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• German: Blut und Wasser schwitzen — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• German: bibbern — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• German: zittern — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• German: Bammel haben — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• German: Schiss haben — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Greek: φοβάμαι (fovámai) — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Latin: vereor — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Middle English: dreden — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Portuguese: temer — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Russian: опаса́ться (opasátʹsja) — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Spanish: temer — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Spanish: empavorecer — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Spanish: despavorir — to anticipate with fear (that ...)
• Albanian: tmerruar — to be in great fear (intransitive)
• German: fürchten — to be in great fear (intransitive)
• German: Angst haben — to be in great fear (intransitive)
• German: ängstigen — to be in great fear (intransitive)
• Middle English: adreden — to be in great fear (intransitive)
• Middle English: dreden — to be in great fear (intransitive)