dread

Words with a similar base: dread, dreaded, dreadful

'dread'

[apprehension.n.01] as in: fearful expectation or anticipation

Examples:
the student looked around the examination room with apprehension

'dread'

[fear.v.02] as in: be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

Examples:
I fear the winters in Moscow
We should not fear the Communists!

'dread'

[awful.s.02] as in: causing fear or dread or terror

Examples:
the awful war
an awful risk
dire news
a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
the dread presence of the headmaster
polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
a dreadful storm
a fearful howling
horrendous explosions shook the city
a terrible curse

Origins

					dread (English)
└── dreden (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── drædan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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