English to French Meaning of dread - crainte


Dread :
crainte

alarme, peur, crainte, la terreur, trouille, admiration, la frayeur, horreur, anxiété, vaut, taux, valeur, marché, trou, personnage

crainte, peur

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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 broomsÔǪ 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 homeÔǪ 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 ÔÇÿbreakingÔÇÖ 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.
Related Phrases of dread
Synonyms
Noun
1. fear ::
peur
2. apprehension ::
appréhension
3. trepidation ::
inquiétude
4. anxiety ::
anxiété
5. worry ::
inquiéter
6. concern ::
préoccupation
7. foreboding ::
pressentiment
8. disquiet ::
inquiétude
9. unease ::
malaise
10. angst ::
Angst
11. fright ::
la frayeur
12. panic ::
panique
13. alarm ::
alarme
14. terror ::
la terreur
15. horror ::
horreur
16. the jitters ::
la frousse
17. the creeps ::
la chair de poule
18. the shivers ::
les frissons
19. the heebie-jeebies ::
les jeebies-heebie
Verb
20. fear ::
peur
21. be afraid of ::
avoir peur de
22. worry about ::
se soucier de
23. be anxious about ::
être inquiet
24. have forebodings about ::
ont pressentiments sur
25. be terrified by ::
être terrifié par
27. shrink from ::
reculer devant
28. recoil from ::
recul de
30. flinch from ::
reculer devant
31. get cold feet about ::
obtenir les pieds froids sur
Adjective
32. awful ::
terrible
33. frightful ::
affreux
34. terrible ::
terrible
35. horrible ::
horrible
36. dreadful ::
horrible
37. feared ::
craignait
38. frightening ::
effrayant
39. alarming ::
alarmant
40. terrifying ::
terrifiant
41. dire ::
terrible
Different Forms
dread, dreaded, dreadful, dreading, dreads
Word Example from TV Shows
You could read about Balerion the Dread.

You could read about Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 10

On the back of his dragon,
Balerion the Dread.

On the back of his dragon, Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 10

Balerion the Dread.

Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 2

I know. But still it filled me with dread.

I know. But still it filled me with DREAD.

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 8

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

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

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 6

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