Dread

v. t.	1.	To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension. [imp. & p. p. Dreaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dreading.] When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. - Macaulay.
v. i.	1.	To be in dread, or great fear. Dread not, neither be afraid of them. - Deut. i. 29.
n.	1.	Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror. The secret dread of divine displeasure. - Tillotson. The dread of something after death. - Shak.
	2.	Reverential or respectful fear; awe. The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth. - Gen. ix. 2. His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. - Shak.
	3.	An object of terrified apprehension.
	4.	A person highly revered.
	5.	Fury; dreadfulness.
	6.	Doubt; as, out of dread.
a.	1.	Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful. A dread eternity! how surely mine. - Young.
	2.	Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.

Noun	1.	dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" Synonyms: apprehension, apprehensiveness
Verb	1.	dread - be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" Synonyms: fear
Adj.	1.	dread - 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" Synonyms: direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, awful, dire, horrific

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