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noun

• Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

  Example: my visit to the doctor is filling me with dread

• Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

• Somebody or something dreaded.

• A person highly revered.

• Fury; dreadfulness.

• A Rastafarian.

• (chiefly in the plural) dreadlock

verb

• To fear greatly.

• To anticipate with fear.

  Example: I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life.

• To be in dread, or great fear.

• To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.

adjective

• Terrible; greatly feared.

• Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.