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Definition of Dreaded in English :

Dreaded

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Adjective

1. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

causing fear or dread or terror

Example Sentences:
'the awful war'
'an awful risk'
'dire news'
'a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked'
'the dread presence of the headmaster'
'polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was'
'a dreadful storm'
'a fearful howling'
'horrendous explosions shook the city'
'a terrible curse'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dreaded

see synonyms of dreaded

adj.

Causing terror or fear: a dreaded disease. See Usage Note at dread.

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