dread
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(verb) be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" |
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Synonyms: fear |
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Related Words: panic |
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(noun) fearful expectation or anticipation: "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" |
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Synonyms: apprehension, apprehensiveness |
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Related Words: boding, chill, fear, fearfulness, foreboding, fright, gloom, gloominess, pall, premonition, presentiment, somberness, suspense, trepidation |
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(satellite adjective) causing fear or dread or terror; "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" |
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Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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