dread
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
fearful expectation or anticipation
the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
Types & categories
- fearfulness hypernym
- trepidation hyponym
- premonition hyponym
- suspense hyponym
- gloominess hyponym
- pall hyponym
Related & opposite
- dread derivation
- quail at derivation
- apprehensive derivation
- frightening derivation
- apprehensive derivation
Sense 2 verb
be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
I fear the winters in Moscow
Types & categories
- panic hyponym
Related & opposite
- fearfulness derivation
- apprehension derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dread |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quail at |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | frightening |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fearfulness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trepidation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | premonition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suspense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gloominess |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pall |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fearfulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehension |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | panic |