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Dreading
verb
/ˈdɹɛdɪŋ/
Word Frequency:
0.4
Definitions
1.
verb
To fear greatly.
2.
verb
To anticipate with fear.
"I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life."
3.
verb
To be in dread, or great fear.
4.
verb
To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
Synonyms
direful
terrible
dreadful
fearful
horrific
fearsome
frightening
alarming
fear
horrendous
apprehensiveness
awful
Rhymes With
spreading
wedding
shedding
heading
treading
sledding
threading
shredding
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