English to Afrikaans Meaning of dread - vrees

Dread :

vrees

noun

vrees, terreur, ontsag, geskrik, gruwel, angs, wanopvatting, die moeite werd, koers, waarde, mark, gat, persoonlikheid

verb

vrees

Dread :: vreesDreaded :: gevreesdeDreadful :: vreeslikeDreading :: ergDreads :: dreads

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Definitions of dread in English

Noun(1) fearful expectation or anticipation
Verb(1) be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
Adjective(1) causing fear or dread or terror

Examples of dread in English

(1) I made a cup of coffee instead and quietly surfed through my daily blogs until that feeling of dread and apprehension began to fade.(2) We still suggest woolen hoods for the Fourth of July picnics, but you can open a window now without fear of dread contagion.(3) My stomach was a tight knot of dread , fear and something very close to the child-like terror I used to feel for the dark.(4) Medicine had conquered the dread infectious diseases that once cut swathes through entire populations.(5) Don't even think for a minute that the Rastafarians are only in the business of making mats and brooms├ö├ç┬¬ you ever see a fat dread yet?(6) I would dread to think that a scene such as the one I witnessed at the age of twelve could happen in a playground now.(7) Religion then consists in obeisance to these larger forces, to overcome our fear and dread of the future.(8) Terror is an aggravated form of fear: intense fear, fright or dread .(9) I thought it was her nature, but when she got over the dread disease she had brought into the home├ö├ç┬¬ her true nature came out.(10) Somehow I think that if there was a war on, this dread disease could be cured with remarkable ease.(11) However, when he arrived he had the dread symptoms of the disease.(12) However each disorder is bonded to the other disorders by the common theme of excessive, irrational fear and dread .(13) If you're ready to live like a hermit for a while, you'll probably not be unlucky enough to catch the dread disease before it becomes widely known.(14) We dread to think what the punishment for ├ö├ç├┐breaking├ö├ç├û this law will be.(15) While the world has been saved from epidemics of dread diseases, some of today's children are being sacrificed.(16) Minorities, be they linguistic or religious, dread the assimilation as much as they fear exclusion.

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Related Phrases of dread

Synonyms

Noun

1. fear ::

vrees

2. apprehension ::

vrees

3. trepidation ::

bewing

4. anxiety ::

angs

5. worry ::

bekommer

6. concern ::

kommer

7. foreboding ::

onheilspellend

8. disquiet ::

onrus

9. unease ::

ongemak

10. angst ::

Vrees

11. fright ::

geskrik

12. panic ::

paniek

13. alarm ::

alarm

14. terror ::

terreur

15. horror ::

gruwel

16. the jitters ::

die jitters

17. the creeps ::

die ritteltits

18. the shivers ::

die rillings

19. the heebie-jeebies ::

die horries

Verb

20. fear ::

vrees

21. be afraid of ::

wees bang vir

22. worry about ::

bekommer oor

23. be anxious about ::

wees bekommerd oor

24. have forebodings about ::

het forebodings oor

25. be terrified by ::

word opsig laat afskrik deur

27. shrink from ::

krimp uit

28. recoil from ::

recoil van

30. flinch from ::

wankel uit

31. get cold feet about ::

kry koue voete oor

Adjective

32. awful ::

vreeslike

33. frightful ::

vreeslike

34. terrible ::

verskriklike

35. horrible ::

aaklig

36. dreadful ::

vreeslike

37. feared ::

gevrees

38. frightening ::

skrikwekkende

39. alarming ::

onrusbarende

40. terrifying ::

skrikwekkende

41. dire ::

nypende

Different Forms

dread, dreaded, dreadful, dreading, dreads

Word Example from TV Shows

On the back of his dragon, Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 10

I know. But still it filled me with DREAD.

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 8

forged in the fiery breath of Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 6

you feeling such DREAD at the prospect of me getting what I want.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 6

But in the beginning, when it was home to Balerion the Dread,

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 7

Examples of dread from TV Shows

On the back of his dragon, Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 10

I know. But still it filled me with DREAD.

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 8

forged in the fiery breath of Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 6

you feeling such DREAD at the prospect of me getting what I want.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 6

But in the beginning, when it was home to Balerion the Dread,

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 7

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