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dreadadjective causing fearevery ship on the Spanish Main was terrified of running into the dread pirate alarming, dire, direful, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying daunting, demoralizing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, startling, threatening, troubling, trying, unnervingbone-chilling, creepy, eerie(also eery), weirdappalling, atrocious, awful, grisly, gruesome(also grewsome), hideous, horrid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarish calming, comforting, consoling, inviting, lulling, pacifying, quieting, reassuring, relaxing, soothing, tranquilizing(also tranquillizing)nonintimidating, nonthreatening suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortunethe dread felt by people awaiting bad news alarm(also alarum), apprehension, apprehensiveness, foreboding, misgiving agitation, anxiety, anxiousness, concern, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fearfulness, funk, perturbation, solicitude, suspense, unease, uneasinessscruple, worrydoubt, incertitude, mistrust, suspiciousness, uncertainty, warinessdefeatism, pessimismforeknowledge, premonition, presage, presentiment anticipation, excitement, hope, hopefulnessconfidence, optimism, sanguinity the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of dangerwe were filled with dread when we saw the rapids we would be rafting down alarm(also alarum), anxiety, fear, fearfulness, fright, horror, panic, scare, terror, trepidation phobiacreeps, jitters, nervousness, williespang, qualm, twingeagitation, apprehension, consternation, discomposure, disquiet, funk, perturbationconcern, dismay, worrycowardice, faintheartedness, timidity, timorousness aplomb, assurance, boldness, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidencebravery, courage, courageousness, daring, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, hardihood, intrepidity, intrepidness, stoutness, valoraudacity, guts, nerve something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reasonspeaking in public is a perennial dread for many people bête noire, black beast, bogey(also bogie or bogy), bugaboo, bugbear, hobgoblin, ogre apparition, ghost, phantasm(also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter(or spectre), spirit, spook, wraithbanshee, bogeyman(also bogyman), demon(or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp, incubusfright, horrible, horror, monster, monstrosity, terrorbane, curse, enemy, plague, scourge, tormentabomination, anathema n.fear, dread, fright, alarm, panic, terror, trepidation mean painful agitation in the presence or anticipation of danger.fear is the most general term and implies anxiety and usually loss of courage.fear of the unknown dread usually adds the idea of intense reluctance to face or meet a person or situation and suggests aversion as well as anxiety.faced the meeting with dread fright implies the shock of sudden, startling fear.fright at being awakened suddenly alarm suggests a sudden and intense awareness of immediate danger.view the situation with alarm panic implies unreasoning and overmastering fear causing hysterical activity.the news caused widespread panic terror implies the most extreme degree of fear.immobilized with terror trepidation adds to dread the implications of timidity, trembling, and hesitation.raised the subject with trepidation before the 12th century |