dread
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)}, {dreaded},
{dreadful}, {fearful}, {fearsome}, {frightening}, {horrendous},
{horrific}, {terrible}]
n : fearful expectation or anticipation: "the student looked
around the examination room with apprehension" [syn: {apprehension},
{apprehensiveness}]
v : be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the
winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
[syn: {fear}]