dread (dreads, dreading, dreaded)1. (VERB, =/ look forward to) If you dread something which may happen, you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be unpleasant or upsetting.E.X: I'm dreading Christmas this year...2. (N-UNCOUNT, = apprehension) Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen.E.X: She thought with dread of the cold winters to come.3. (PHRASE) If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.E.X: I dread to think what Hollywood is planning to do with this interesting little story.dreaded1. (ADJ, ADJ n, = dread) Dreaded means terrible and greatly feared.E.X: No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.2. (ADJ, ADJ n, feelings, = dread) You can use dreaded to describe somthing that you, or a particular group of people, find annoying, inconvenient or undesirable.E.X: Team orders on the final day were to avoid the dreaded blank at all costs.dreadful (Adj., = awful, appalling) If you say that something is dreadful, you mean that it is very bad or unpleasant, or very poor in quality.E.X They told us the dreadful news.2. (ADJ, ADJ n, emphasis) Dreadful is used to emphasize the degree or extent of something bad.E.X: We've made a dreadful mistake.I had a dreadful headache.3. (ADJ, feel/look ADJ) If someone looks or feels dreadful, they look or feel very ill, tired, or upset.E.X: Are you all right? You look dreadfulI feel absolutely dreadful about what has happened.Derivative:dreadfully (ADV, ADV with v)E.X: You behaved dreadfully.They treated him dreadfully.He looks dreadfully ill.His mother must be dreadfully worried.I miss him dreadfully.
You need to be a member of MyEnglishClub to add comments!
Replies
Thanks for you both DM and nadira
skoon...