dread

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

dread (drĕd)v. dread·ed, dread·ing, dreadsv. tr.
1. To be in terror of.
2. To anticipate with alarm, distaste, or reluctance:
dreaded the long drive home.
3. Archaic. To hold in awe or reverence.v. intr.
To be very afraid.n.
1. Profound fear; terror.
2. Fearful or distasteful anticipation. See Synonyms at fear.
3. An object of fear, awe, or reverence.
4. Archaic. Awe; reverence.adj.
1. Causing terror or fear:
a dread disease.
2. Inspiring awe:
the dread presence of the headmaster. [Middle English dreden, short for adreden, from Old English adrǣdan, from ondrǣdan, to advise against, fear : ond-, and-, against; see un-² + rǣdan, to advise; See ar- in Indo-European Roots.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  apprehension, apprehensiveness, fear