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How to pronounce “dread”
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Pronunciation guide for dread
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dread with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Flagging Anxiety & Panic
now a sense of dread in the here and now
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To fear greatly.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce dread
Flagging Anxiety & Panic
now a sense of dread in the here and now
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “dread”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To fear greatly.
- To anticipate with fear.
- (intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.
- (transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
- [Noun]
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- (obsolete) A person highly revered.
- (obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.
- A Rastafarian.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
- (military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
- [Adjective]
- Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
- (archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
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