dread
adjective
1. causing fear or dread or terror
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
Similar word(s): alarming, awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
noun
1. fearful expectation or anticipation
Similar word(s): apprehension, apprehensiveness
Definition categories: feeling, fear, fearfulness, fright