dread

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To fear greatly.
2. To anticipate with fear.
3. (intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.
4. (transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
2. (countable, uncountable) Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
3. (countable, uncountable) Somebody or something dreaded.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A person highly revered.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Fury; dreadfulness.
6. (countable, uncountable) A Rastafarian.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable) Clipping of dreadlock.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, historical, slang, uncountable) Clipping of dreadnought.

Adj

1. Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
2. (archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.

Concepten

vrees

😨

angst

😨

schrik

⚡

vrezen

😨

ontsteltenis

commotie

ontzetting

opschudding

beroering

spanning

verbijstering

bezorgdheid

verwarring

consternatie

vreselijk

bang zijn

duchten

😨

gevreesde

beduchtheid

doodsangst

schromen

😨

verschrikkelijk

verschrikking

schrik hebben

angst hebben

ontzagwekkend

afgrijzen

Synoniemen

fear

😨

terror

fright

horror

be afraid

apprehension

awe

be afraid of

alarm

scare

😨

dreadful

dreaded

apprehend

dismay

terrible

be scared

anxiety

consternation

awful

panic

fearsome

tremble

shrink from

be frightened

direful

funk

horrendous

worry

fearful

😨

horrible

horrific

wonder at

afraid of

afraid

trembling

trepidation

be fearful

shirk

grisly

dire

god-awful

phobia

anguish

misgiving

reverence

frightening

frighten

apprehensiveness

be anxious

apphrehend

Vertalingen

Furcht

😨

Angst

😨

timore

😨

temor

😨

miedo

😨

peur

😨

redouter

craindre

😨

temer

😨

terreur

paura

😨

φόβος

temere

😨

crainte

😨

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/dɹɛd/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: dreden

Overgenomen van Oudengels: drǣdan

Verwant aan Old Saxon: antdrādan

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: intrātan

Verwant aan Middelhoogduits: entrāten

Overgenomen van Middelengels: drede

Verwant aan Old Frisian: drēd

In summary

From Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan (“to fear, dread”), aphetic form of ondrǣdan (“to fear, dread”), from Proto-West Germanic *andarādan, equivalent to Old English and- + rǣdan (whence read); corresponding to an aphesis of earlier adread.
Akin to Old Saxon antdrādan, andrādan (“to fear, dread”), Old High German intrātan (“to fear”), Middle High German entrāten (“to fear, dread, frighten”).