dread
Fear of coming
Dread is intense fear or apprehension, especially about something anticipated: She felt a growing dread as the court date approached.
To dread something is to fear or be reluctant to face it: I dread going to the dentist.
As an adjective, dread means feared or fearsome—mostly literary now: the dread pirate, dread disease.
Dreaded serves the same function in everyday speech: the dreaded Monday meeting.
Persistent apprehensive distress
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
panic · fright · alarm · fearfulness · nervousness · unease · worry · angst
Fearful anticipation of harm
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
inevitability · countdown · awaiting · impending · looming · approaching · uncertainty · doom
Conveying threat or danger
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- direExtremely serious or urgent
portentous · eerie · chilling · haunting · macabre · foreboding · shadowy · dark
Prophetic indicator
- curseInvoked harm through words
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
apparition · wraith · phantom · premonition · hex · possession · necromancy · banshee
Jamaican movement honoring Ethiopian divinity
- JamaicaCaribbean island nation
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- locksSecurity fastening devices
- roots rockRock emphasizing traditional influences
Bob Marley · Peter Tosh · Zion · dub · rocksteady
Act of escaping detection
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
- reluctanceDisinclination to act
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- recoilBackward force from discharge
shrinking · withdrawal · aversion · resistance · putting off · postponement · unwillingness · disinclination
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
horror · panic · fright · alarm · fearfulness · nervousness · unease · worry · angst · phobia
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
expectation · inevitability · countdown · awaiting · impending · looming · approaching · uncertainty · doom · fatalism
menacing
Conveying threat or danger
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- grimHarsh and foreboding
dire · portentous · eerie · chilling · haunting · macabre · foreboding · shadowy · dark · baleful
omen
Prophetic indicator
- curseInvoked harm through words
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- specterGhostly threatening presence
haunting · apparition · wraith · phantom · premonition · hex · possession · necromancy · banshee · harbinger
Rastafari
Jamaican movement honoring Ethiopian divinity
Bob Marley · Peter Tosh · roots rock · Zion · dub · rocksteady
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
- reluctanceDisinclination to act
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
recoil · shrinking · withdrawal · aversion · resistance · putting off · postponement · unwillingness · disinclination · squeamishness
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
- aversionsaversion, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing
- creepy feelingseeriness, spookiness, creepiness, foreboding, chills
- inner turmoilinner turmoil, inner conflict, inner struggle, self-doubt, indecision
- panicpanic attack, alarm, terror, fright, hysteria
- premonitionspremonitions, forebodings, presentiments, forewarnings, omens
dreadexcitement
State of eager enthusiasm
hope · eagerness · looking forward to · anticipation · optimism
dreadconfidence
Self-assurance or trust
security · comfort · reassurance · peace of mind · calm
- existential dreadTerror at meaningless being
- creeping dreadSlowly intensifying fearful anticipation
- something dreadfulTerrible occurrence or entity
- penny dreadfulCheap Victorian crime serial
- dread fascinationAttraction mixed with horror
- most dreadful
dreadful, dreaded, dreadlocks, dreading, dreads, dreadlock, dreadnought, dreadfulness