Synonyms for dreaded
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dred |
| Phonetic Transcription : drɛd |
Définition of dreaded
Origin :- late 12c., a shortening of Old English adrædan, contraction of ondrædan "counsel or advise against," also "to dread, fear, be afraid," from on- "against" + rædan "to advise" (see read (v.)). Cognate of Old Saxon andradon, Old High German intraten. Related: Dreaded; dreading. As a noun from 12c.
- verb anticipate with horror
- He was then required to swear by all the gods, and by the dreaded Erinnys, that he had spoken truly.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He dreaded to break the news to his mother, for he knew that it would distress her.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The words were like the dreaded tap on the shoulder of the hunted criminal.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- In the hall a halt was made and the dreaded good-byes began.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- The blow had fallen, even that which Lecorbeau had most dreaded.
- Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- Meantime, "the boys" of the dreaded class were studying the new face.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Yet it is not always the burliest and the wildest who are the most to be dreaded.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Why, when Mrs. Baker invited me to dinner on Christmas day, I dreaded the visit.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- A sickening conviction came that it was the dreaded influenza.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- I dreaded the departure of Lady Geraldine less than the return of ennui.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
Antonyms for dreaded
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