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Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking

Great fear or apprehension

Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is

(often follows "pet") A personal dislike or source of irritation

A very unpleasant or frightening experience or prospect

A strange, horrible and often frightening sight or monster

Anticipate with great apprehension or fear

To put (hair) into dreadlocks

To regard with adoration and reverence, particularly for deities and gods

Have a strong aversion to

To be anxious or concerned

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Adjective

Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking

like death warmed up

causing excitement

life-threatening

suggestive of evil

unfavourable^UK

fire-and-brimstone

phantasmagorical

demoralizing^US

earth-shattering

demoralising^UK

full of hardship

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“People still shrink from the terrible word cancer, even if they themselves have not been diagnosed with this dread disease.”

Noun

Great fear or apprehension

apprehensiveness

butterflies in the stomach

sinking feeling

irrational fear

fear and trembling

prognostication

dissatisfaction

bee in one's bonnet

sneaking suspicion

feeling in bones

handwriting on wall

pins and needles

screaming abdabs

screaming habdabs

disillusionment

mid-life crisis

sense of foreboding

feeling in the bones

mental disturbance

overwhelming anxiety about

winds of change

feeling in your bones

having no use for

nervous tension

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“In common with all politicians, he has a dread of winter elections.”

Noun

Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is

pain in the bum

pain in the backside

pain in the neck

pain in the rear

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Noun

(often follows "pet") A personal dislike or source of irritation

Noun

A very unpleasant or frightening experience or prospect

uphill struggle

pain in the bum

pain in the backside

tough assignment

pain in the rear

pain in the neck

trials and tribulations

fatal attraction

baptism of fire

source of irritation

source of annoyance

source of aggravation

painful experience

thorn in your flesh

unpleasant experience

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Noun

A strange, horrible and often frightening sight or monster

mythical creature

fabulous creature

materialization^US

dehumanized being

materialisation^UK

familiar spirit

malignant spirit

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Verb

Anticipate with great apprehension or fear

“When I worked for the Labour Party we used to dread Easter week more than any other.”

Verb

To put (hair) into dreadlocks

Verb

To regard with adoration and reverence, particularly for deities and gods

stand in awe of

regard with awe

be intimidated by

Verb

Have a strong aversion to

have a horror of

greatly dislike

be frightened of

be terrified of

be unable to bear

be unable to stand

have a strong aversion to

Verb

To be anxious or concerned

be on tenterhooks

torment oneself

torture oneself

be in a tiz-woz

be on pins and needles

lose sleep over

stay the course

be in a state of agitation

be in a state of anxiety

be in a state of nervousness

concern oneself

get overwrought

bite one's nails

concern yourself

trouble oneself

get in a fluster

get in a lather

be in a blue funk

inconvenience oneself

trouble yourself

burden yourself

inconvenience yourself

distress yourself

distress oneself

eat one's heart out

carry a heavy load

get into a dither

go to the trouble

make the effort

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