adj
Meaning 1
Causing fear, dread, or terror.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I have got the dreaded flu.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dread
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dreaded
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdɹɛ.dɪd/
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/ˈdɹɛ.dəd/
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rhymes with -ɛdɪd
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adj
Meaning 2
Having or wearing dreadlocks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of dread
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
causing fear or dread or terror
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: hrozný — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Czech: strašný — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Czech: děsivý — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Dutch: verafschuwd — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Dutch: gevreesd — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Esperanto: timeginda — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Finnish: pelottava — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Finnish: kammottava — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Finnish: kamala — Causing fear, dread or terror
- French: redoutable — Causing fear, dread or terror
- German: gefürchtet — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Italian: temuto — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Polish: straszny — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Turkish: korkunç — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Turkish: ürkütücü — Causing fear, dread or terror
- Spanish: con rastas — dreadlocks