Why do you think animals dread fire?
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Dread
//dɹɛd//
Synonyms for "dread" (187 found)
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Strong matches (56)
Related words (93)
funkghastlyghoulishgrimgrimnessgrislygruesomehave in mindhave qualmshideoushopehorrendoushorriblehorridhorrifichorrificationhorrifyinghorrorinquietudejoylessness
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Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
138 translations across 32 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- druaj verb (to anticipate with fear (that ...))
- druaj tutna verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
- tmerruar verb (to be in great fear (intransitive))
Armenian
3 entries- ահ noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- սարսափ noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- սոսկում noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Assamese
1 entries- ভয় noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Bulgarian
4 entries- боя́зън noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- страх noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- опася́вам се verb (to anticipate with fear (that ...))
- страху́вам се verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Catalan
1 entries- témer verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 恐怖 noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- 恐怖 noun (somebody or something dreaded)
Czech
4 entries- bázeň noun (respectful fear, awe)
- hrůza noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- vystrašený noun (somebody or something dreaded)
- děsit se verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Dutch
4 entries- doodsangst noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- gevreesde noun (somebody or something dreaded)
- gevreesde noun (somebody or something dreaded)
- vrees noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Esperanto
1 entries- timego noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Finnish
4 entries- kauhistus noun (somebody or something dreaded)
- kauhu noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- pelko noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- hirvittää verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
French
4 entries- crainte noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- craindre verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
- craindre verb (to anticipate with fear (that ...))
- redouter verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Galician
4 entries- horror noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- pavor noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- terror noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- temer verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
German
4 entries- fürchterlich adj (terrible)
- grauenerregend adj (terrible)
- grauenvoll adj (terrible)
- grausig adj (terrible)
Greek
4 entries- τρόμος noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- τρόμος noun (somebody or something dreaded)
- φοβάμαι verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
- φοβάμαι verb (to anticipate with fear (that ...))
Hindi
2 entries- वहशत noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- सहम noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Hungarian
2 entries- rettegés noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- retteg verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Irish
1 entries- adhfhuathaigh verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Italian
2 entries- timore noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- temere verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Japanese
1 entries- 恐怖 noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Latin
4 entries- formīdō noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- metus noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- timor noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- formīdō verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Middle English
4 entries- dred noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- dred noun (respectful fear, awe)
- drednesse noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- drednesse noun (respectful fear, awe)
Māori
1 entries- whakarika verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قورقو noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- وحشت noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Persian
1 entries- وحشت noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Portuguese
4 entries- temor noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- terror noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- terrível noun (somebody or something dreaded)
- temer verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Romanian
4 entries- frică noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- sperietoare noun (somebody or something dreaded)
- teamă noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- temere noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Russian
4 entries- боя́знь noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- страх noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- боя́ться verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
- опаса́ться verb (to anticipate with fear (that ...))
Sanskrit
1 entries- बिभेति verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- eagal noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- oillt noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- sgrath noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- uabhas noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- strahovati verb (to fear greatly so./sth.)
Spanish
4 entries- horror noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- miedo noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- pavor noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
- temor noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Tagalog
1 entries- alap-ap noun (great fear in view of impending evil)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
Cats have a dread of water.
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He may dread to learn the results.
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He is in constant dread of his father.
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