English to French Meaning of dread - crainte

Dread :

crainte

noun

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

verb

crainte, peur

Dread :: crainteDreaded :: redoutéDreadful :: horribleDreading :: redoutantDreads :: 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 ::

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.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 10

On the back of his dragon, Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 10

Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 2

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.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 6

Examples of dread from TV Shows

You could read about Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 10

On the back of his dragon, Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 10

Balerion the Dread.

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 2

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.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 6

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