to dread
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4.8
- verb
- /drɛd/
- She dreads the thought of speaking in public, worrying that she might forget her lines.
- dread leaving
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Watch on YouTubeI went from work and I would come home dreading going into that house.
- I went from work and I would come home dreading going into that house.
- And my dad was, you know, I used to dread my school reports coming.
- It's not like I wake up dreading what I do.
- It's been a few months and I kind of dread having to look at her.
- The thing I most dread is boredom.
- And, and I don't dread that.
- I was very tired and cold and just dreading going in the water.
- And so he would dread it because he knew he was guilty as charged.
- So no, it doesn't put me off, but I am dreading it.
- You may not love them, but you don't dread them.
- I have been also dreading reading classics so that I don't like them.
Examples
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And to be perfectly honest, I dread it.
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The thing I most dread is boredom.
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And my dad was, you know, I used to dread my school reports coming.
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It's been a few months and I kind of dread having to look at her.
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So what about other people who also dread cancer?
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What I once used to dream I now dread.
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I was very tired and cold and just dreading going in the water.
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I just dread telling Ellie.
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Are you taking that dream vacation this summer but dreading the cost?
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Many people, it seems, have social phobias that make them dread running into people at the grocery store.
Fiction book (1993)
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Etymology
Dread comes from an old English word that meant 'fear'. Think of a heavy, growing worry about something bad — that is why to dread something is to feel great fear or worry about it.