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Dread
01
an intensely unpleasant emotion in response to danger or threat
to dread
01
to feel intense fear or worry about something
Transitive: to dread sth
02
to feel intense fear or worry about an upcoming event or situation
Transitive: to dread an event
dread
01
causing fear or dread or terror
dread
n
dreadful
adj
dreadful
adj
Example
The eerie silence struck a sense of dread among the group.
The protagonist in the novel suffers from existential dread and a feeling of disconnection.
A feeling of dread pervaded the town as the storm approached.
The movie’s dark plot twists contributed to an overall feeling of dread and sadness.
As they explored the haunted house, the sense of dread and foreboding only seemed to deepen.
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