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Word Meanings - MISDREAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Dread of evil.

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  • DREADNOUGHT
    1. A British battleship, completed in 1906 -- 1907, having an armament consisting of ten 12-inch guns, and of twenty-four 12-pound quick-fire guns for protection against torpedo boats. This was the first battleship of the type characterized by
  • DREADFUL
    1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. "With dreadful heart." Chaucer. 2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. " Dreadful gloom." Milton. For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth. 3.
  • DREADFULNESS
    The quality of being dreadful.
  • DREADABLE
    Worthy of being dreaded.
  • DREAD
    To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension. When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay.
  • DREADNAUGHT
    1. A fearless person. 2. Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught.
  • DREADLESSNESS
    Freedom from dread.
  • DREADLESS
    1. Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart. "The dreadless angel." Milton. 2. Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure. " safe in his dreadless den." Spenser.
  • DREADINGLY
    With dread. Warner.
  • DREAD-BOLTED
    Armed with dreaded bolts. "Dread-bolted thunder." Shak.
  • DREADLY
    Dreadful. "Dreadly spectacle." Spenser. -- adv.
  • DREADFULLY
    In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden.
  • DREADER
    One who fears, or lives in fear.
  • SUPERDREADNOUGHT
    See ABOVE
  • MISDREAD
    Dread of evil.
  • ADREAD
    To dread. Sir P. Sidney.

 

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