DREAD


Meaning of DREAD in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ great , mortal

▪

Her greatest ~ was that she would lose her job.

▪ existential , nameless (both esp. AmE )

▪ constant

▪ creeping , growing , mounting

VERB + DREAD

▪ feel , have

▪

the ~ she felt at the thought of meeting him again

▪

He had a ~ of hospitals.

▪ live in

▪

He lived in constant ~ that one day he might be found out.

▪ fill sb with

▪

Does the thought of flying fill you with ~?

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~ of

▪

After her shoplifting spree she lived in mortal ~ of being found out.

▪ ~ of

▪

her ~ of discovery

PHRASES

▪ a feeling of ~ , a sense of ~

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ absolutely

▪

I have to go to the dentist tomorrow and I'm absolutely ~ing it!

▪ rather

▪ always

▪

He had always ~ed being singled out.

Dread is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ answer , ↑ moment , ↑ prospect , ↑ thought

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .