dread

Etymology 1
From, from , aphetic form of , from , equivalent to Old English (whence ); corresponding to an aphesis of earlier.

Akin to 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To fear greatly.
 * 2) To anticipate with fear.
 * 3)  To be in dread, or great fear.
 * 4)  To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
 * 1)  To be in dread, or great fear.
 * 2)  To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
 * 1)  To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian: страху́вам се
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: hrozit se,, děsit se, mít hrůzu
 * Dutch:, schrik hebben, bang zijn,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: adhfhuathaigh
 * Italian:
 * Latin: formīdō, ,
 * Maori: whakarika
 * Middle English: adreden, dreden
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:


 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian: опася́вам се
 * Czech: hrozit se,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: odottaa pelolla, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , eine Gänsehaut bekommen / kriegen , , ,  , Bammel haben , Schiss haben
 * Greek:
 * Latin:
 * Middle English: dreden
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * German:, Angst haben,
 * Middle English: adreden, dreden

Etymology 2
From, , from the verb (see above). Cognate with 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
 * 2) Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
 * 3) Somebody or something dreaded.
 * 4)  A person highly revered.
 * 5)  ; dreadfulness.
 * 6) A Rastafarian.
 * 1) Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
 * 2) Somebody or something dreaded.
 * 3)  A person highly revered.
 * 4)  ; dreadfulness.
 * 5) A Rastafarian.
 * 1)  ; dreadfulness.
 * 2) A Rastafarian.
 * 1) A Rastafarian.
 * 1) A Rastafarian.

Translations

 * Armenian:, ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, terror, horror
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: formīdō, timor, metus
 * Middle English: dred, drednesse
 * Ottoman Turkish: قورقو
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: oillt, uamhann, uabhas, eagal, sgrath
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Tagalog: alap-ap


 * Czech:
 * German:
 * Middle English: dred, drednesse


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: vystrašený
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: Gefürchtete, Befürchtete
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:

Etymology 3
From, , , , past participle of. See above.

Adjective

 * 1) ; greatly feared; dreaded.
 * 2) * 1980, Donald Fagen; Walter Becker (lyrics and music), "Glamour Profession" in, track 3: "Jack with his radar / Stalking the dread moray eel"
 * 3)  ; held in fearful awe.
 * 1) * 1980, Donald Fagen; Walter Becker (lyrics and music), "Glamour Profession" in, track 3: "Jack with his radar / Stalking the dread moray eel"
 * 2)  ; held in fearful awe.

Translations

 * Esperanto:
 * German:, , grauenerregend, , ,