Dictionary Definition
dreaded adj : causing fear or dread or terror;
"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" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible]
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Translations
Causing fear, dread or terror
- Finnish: pelottava, kammottava, kamala
- French: redoutable