Dreaded — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

causing fear or dread or terror

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ᵻlˈʌl/

🇬🇧British English

/dɹˈɛdɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɹˈɛdɪd/

2 syllables Say it as /ᵻlˈʌl/.

Examples

I fear the winters in Moscow
We should not fear the Communists!
the awful war

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dire horrendous frightening fearsome fear dreadful fearful horrific dread awful terrible direful

Parts of Speech

verb	be afraid or scared of; be frightened of “I fear the winters in Moscow”
adjective	causing fear or dread or terror “the awful war”

Word Forms

fear	noun	an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
dread	noun	fearful expectation or anticipation
awfulness	noun	a quality of extreme unpleasantness
terribleness	noun	a quality of extreme unpleasantness

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

gefürchtet

Angst haben oder Angst haben vor; Angst haben vor

🇫🇷French

redouté

avoir peur ou avoir peur ; avoir peur de

🇪🇸Spanish

temido

tener miedo o asustarse; tener miedo de

🇮🇹Italian

temuto

avere paura o paura; avere paura

🇳🇱Dutch

gevreesd

bang zijn of bang voor zijn; bang voor zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

temido

ter medo ou medo; ter medo de

🇷🇺Russian

боялся

бояться или пугаться; бояться

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खूंखार

डरना या डरना; भयभीत होना

🇧🇩Bengali

ভয়ঙ্কর

ভয় পাওয়া বা ভয় পাওয়া ভয় পাওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

பயந்து

பயப்படுங்கள் அல்லது பயப்படுங்கள்; பயப்பட வேண்டும்

🇮🇳Telugu

భయపడ్డాను

భయపడండి లేదా భయపడండి; భయపడాలి

🇮🇳Marathi

भितीदायक

घाबरणे किंवा घाबरणे; घाबरणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભયજનક

ડરવું અથવા ડરવું; થી ગભરાઈ જવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭಯವಾಯಿತು

ಭಯಪಡಿರಿ ಅಥವಾ ಭಯಪಡಿರಿ; ಭಯಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭയപ്പെട്ടു

ഭയപ്പെടുകയോ ഭയപ്പെടുകയോ ചെയ്യുക; ഭയപ്പെടുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡਰੇ ਹੋਏ

ਡਰਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਡਰਾਉਣਾ; ਦੇ ਡਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

خوفزدہ

ڈرنا یا ڈرنا؛ سے ڈرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

害怕的

害怕或害怕；害怕

🇯🇵Japanese

恐ろしい

恐れたり怖がったりする。怖がる

🇰🇷Korean

두려운

두려워하거나 두려워하십시오. 두려워하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kinh hãi

sợ hãi hoặc sợ hãi; sợ hãi

🇹🇭Thai

หวั่น

กลัวหรือกลัว; หวาดกลัว

🇮🇩Indonesian

ditakuti

takut atau takut; takut

🇵🇭Filipino

kinatatakutan

matakot o matakot sa; matakot sa

🇲🇾Malay

digeruni

takut atau takut; ditakuti

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

اللعين

كن خائفا أو خائفا من؛ كن خائفا من

🇮🇷Persian

ترسیده

ترسیدن یا ترسیدن؛ بترسید از

🇹🇷Turkish

korkulan

korkmak ya da korkmak; korkmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

פחד

לפחד או לפחד; להיבהל ממנו

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The primary meaning of 'dreaded' is 'be afraid or scared of; be frightened of'.

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