dread
verb/dred/
/dred/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dread | /dred/ /dred/ |
| he / she / it dreads | /dredz/ /dredz/ |
| past simple dreaded | /ˈdredɪd/ /ˈdredɪd/ |
| past participle dreaded | /ˈdredɪd/ /ˈdredɪd/ |
| -ing form dreading | /ˈdredɪŋ/ /ˈdredɪŋ/ |
- to be very afraid of something; to fear that something bad is going to happen
- dread something This was the moment he had been dreading.
- dread doing something I dread being sick.
- dread somebody doing something She dreads her husband finding out.
- dread to do something I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here.
- dread that… I both hoped and dreaded that he would come.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1- He had always dreaded being singled out.
- I have to go to the dentist tomorrow and I'm absolutely dreading it!
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- absolutely
- rather
- always
- …
Word OriginOld English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan.
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