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