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What is another word for
dread
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Adjective
Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking
Noun
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 state or cause of gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry
A strange, horrible, and often frightening being
Verb
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 about something in particular
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Adjective
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Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking
alarming
frightening
frightful
terrible
dire
terrifying
awful
dreadful
horrible
direful
feared
fearful
fearsome
forbidding
formidable
ghastly
hair-raising
horrendous
horrifying
intimidating
redoubtable
scary
shocking
spine-chilling
awesome
dreaded
awe-inspiring
creepy
shuddersome
appalling
daunting
petrifying
chilling
grim
harrowing
distressing
unnerving
menacing
disturbing
spooky
hideous
monstrous
horrid
sinister
bloodcurdling
gruesome
baleful
unspeakable
grievous
dismaying
scaring
startling
macabre
dangerous
grisly
eerie
disquieting
threatening
atrocious
godawful
calamitous
lurid
worrying
terrific
nightmarish
hairy
blood-curdling
spine-tingling
horrific
perturbing
ominous
upsetting
gloomy
serious
tremendous
hellacious
dismal
lamentable
mean-looking
bodeful
bad
abysmal
traumatic
desperate
abominable
depressing
repulsive
impressive
disastrous
severe
tragic
parlous
grave
foreboding
powerful
brooding
beastly
imposing
wretched
extreme
lousy
from hell
overwhelming
vile
disconcerting
nerve-racking
unearthly
unfortunate
eldritch
ugly
causing fear
perplexing
terribly bad
very bad
overpowering
strong
mighty
strange
ghoulish
sublime
morbid
astounding
thrilling
fateful
unpropitious
baneful
unlucky
apocalyptic
all-powerful
unapproachable
aggressive
browbeating
terrorizing
US
pressuring
terrorising
UK
bullying
afraid
striking
massive
breathtaking
exciting
commanding
doughty
invincible
indomitable
resolute
grewsome
nightmare
ghostly
weird
valiant
hostile
frozen
icky
shameful
gnarly
grody
wicked
mean
catastrophic
ruinous
hair-curling
cliff-hanging
suspenseful
extraordinary
woeful
crying
pressing
cataclysmic
critical
crucial
imminent
courageous
brave
like death warmed up
unfriendly
cruel
urgent
causing excitement
outrageous
drastic
unwelcoming
uninviting
pulse-pounding
miserable
crippling
hopeless
irretrievable
devastating
revolting
disgusting
nasty
unpromising
inauspicious
evil-looking
portentous
chronic
exigent
shivery
shuddery
oppressing
deplorable
fierce
scowling
heartbreaking
regrettable
afflictive
abhorrent
offensive
odious
inhospitable
life-threatening
unpleasant
bleak
dark
perilous
glowering
ferocious
hateful
heinous
suggestive of evil
execrable
egregious
insufferable
sickening
rotten
vicious
inconvenient
punk
unwelcome
excessive
loathsome
foul
detestable
repugnant
disagreeable
repellent
evil
gross
obnoxious
despicable
scandalous
objectionable
distasteful
nauseating
obscene
disgraceful
reprehensible
contemptible
diabolical
savage
inhuman
poor
painful
fatal
harsh
brutal
destructive
iniquitous
villainous
black
sad
nefarious
sorry
pathetic
base
barbarous
harmful
infamous
intolerable
nauseous
hellish
hard
cataclysmal
pitiful
damnable
troublesome
flagitious
adverse
unforgivable
noisome
fiendish
God-awful
violent
bitter
agonizing
US
loathly
acute
immoral
noxious
difficult
heavy
disheartening
excruciating
distressful
depraved
heartrending
brutish
disgustful
fulsome
accursed
displeasing
agonising
UK
inexcusable
murderous
repellant
rancid
uncomfortable
sinful
undesirable
unfavourable
UK
scurvy
sombre
UK
unpalatable
doleful
barbaric
bestial
somber
US
yucky
solemn
unfavorable
US
intense
tough
crushing
irksome
injurious
stinking
abject
pitiable
sick
deadly
desolate
detrimental
annoying
unacceptable
untoward
low
unsettling
vexatious
dishonourable
UK
damning
ignominious
sordid
devilish
low-down
discouraging
unsavoury
UK
unhappy
cheerless
dishonorable
US
unsavory
US
shattering
mortal
piteous
morose
stressful
irritating
indescribable
ill-fated
ruthless
mournful
grotesque
criminal
merciless
unutterable
flagrant
indefensible
dreary
enormous
trying
unbearable
gut-wrenching
sorrowful
galling
ignoble
grotty
drab
infernal
tragical
ungodly
hurtful
joyless
cursed
sick-making
drear
discomforting
forlorn
precarious
comfortless
glum
funereal
off-putting
torturous
agitating
glaring
diabolic
damaging
gory
notorious
unprincipled
disreputable
crummy
inferior
unsatisfactory
exceptionable
bloody
cacodemonic
disadvantageous
profound
unpardonable
heart-rending
opprobrious
tormenting
sadistic
demanding
furious
worthless
rough
malevolent
dirty
brute
corrupt
shady
degenerate
catastrophal
discomposing
deep
stark
troubling
taxing
lethal
intensive
gut-churning
unpleasing
staggering
depressive
sullen
beyond the pale
filthy
malignant
sucky
discreditable
blatant
fraught
lugubrious
perverted
devastative
satanic
bloodthirsty
infuriating
exasperating
black-hearted
annihilatory
concerning
rubbish
pants
shameless
hazardous
afflicting
bothersome
demoralizing
US
sober
saddening
feral
great
explosive
exquisite
blistering
keen
almighty
heavy-duty
vehement
obvious
trashy
shabby
hapless
facinorous
callous
unsightly
earth-shattering
wild
debased
disappointing
insupportable
shoddy
arrant
very great
conspicuous
degraded
oppressive
melancholy
patent
ill-starred
peracute
paltry
heartless
confounded
austere
rugged
rueful
yukky
demoralising
UK
unlovely
moving
reprobate
uncongenial
treacherous
rank
impoverished
melancholic
dour
pesky
godforsaken
humourless
UK
humorless
US
pitiless
truculent
perverse
pronounced
inhumane
significant
butcherly
invidious
ill-boding
untamed
unhealthy
demonic
sepulchral
capital
demoniacal
substandard
worrisome
demoniac
Mephistophelian
abandoned
unpopular
blameworthy
unworthy
laughable
animal
maddening
pestilential
amoral
pits
risky
impossible
prurient
inglorious
untimely
rubbishy
deleterious
troublous
unscrupulous
cheap
degrading
dastardly
unlawful
sore
useless
unrespectable
louche
shy
knavish
onerous
poignant
coarse
arduous
unreasonable
stunning
inopportune
unendurable
barefaced
unwanted
preposterous
beyond contempt
wrong
unrestrained
inordinate
awkward
dispiriting
sanguinary
consequential
squalid
cruddy
dissolute
brazen
anguished
unsafe
humiliating
blasted
defective
unappealing
spiteful
dodgy
unsuitable
utter
undisguised
outright
sanguine
mortifying
dispirited
unsought
unstable
sour
audacious
naked
evident
fell
remorseless
manifest
unethical
unrighteous
rebarbative
unconcealed
sedate
complete
cussed
inexpressible
vulgar
crazed
mad
fiery
dejecting
infelicitous
mirthless
wanton
palpable
transparent
overt
extremely bad
negative
messy
cold
unrelenting
raunchy
deathly
indigent
scungy
poverty-stricken
uncool
miscreant
a load of pants
uncivilised
UK
uncivilized
US
major
lachrymose
dingy
sleazy
indecent
tenebrous
tear-jerking
heart-wrenching
uncontrollable
impure
shadowy
gray
US
grey
UK
venomous
viperous
heart-breaking
sobering
exacting
serpentine
out and out
jeopardous
out-and-out
brass-necked
real
right
proper
undesired
huge
colossal
inadequate
Hadean
wounding
dislikeable
dislikable
duff
poxy
dicey
Kafkaesque
discommoding
brackish
catty
beast
ill-advised
unadvantageous
climactic
climacteric
unkind
lou
Stygian
blood-and-guts
blood-and-thunder
vexing
whopping
bone-chilling
too bad
testing
pressured
frustrating
piggish
gluttonous
swinish
unclean
boorish
ferine
carnal
irrational
oppressed
convulsionary
jarring
inimical
sharp
worst
embarrassing
nightmarey
phantasmagorical
unreal
gruelling
UK
tiring
tenth-rate
senseless
annihilative
crashing
nagging
unbelievable
inconceivable
cringe-making
eery
pernicious
blighting
ridiculous
unconscionable
foolish
revulsive
tortuous
mediocre
paralysing
UK
unimaginable
disconsolate
untold
demonian
demonical
Luciferian
stirring
despondent
dejected
undescribable
ill-famed
sensational
ineffable
loss-making
beneath contempt
cold-blooded
unmanageable
unjustifiable
blood-stained
predictive
prophetic
revealing
oracular
dolorous
dolesome
debauched
scarring
irredeemable
frenetic
maniacal
unhallowed
possessed
graphic
exaggerated
grueling
US
ill-reputed
questionable
caitiff
burdensome
stiff
monumental
murky
unseemly
eye-watering
paralyzing
US
slimy
vomitous
snide
bogging
low-minded
currish
lame
deficient
melodramatic
explicit
beyond words
preternatural
undefinable
intractable
ungovernable
recalcitrant
spookish
depressed
considerable
sheer
plain
costly
sacrificial
homicidal
unsuited
touching
despairing
yucko
unholy
resentful
pestiferous
ornery
intimidatory
indescribably bad
indescribably wicked
beyond description
indescribably evil
death-obsessed
absolute
downright
unqualified
backbiting
untrue
maligning
vilifying
traducing
detractive
gossiping
detracting
vomit-inducing
extremely upsetting
searing
hardhanded
wayward
wanting
low-grade
garbage
profligate
apparent
exorbitant
unmitigated
pensive
derisible
plangent
hard-pressed
tortured
doubtful
rocky
straitened
discommodious
troubled
full of hardship
strained
ill-omened
stupefying
highly improper
derisory
dreich
saturnine
destitute
rancorous
minatory
rowdy
malicious
vindictive
minacious
disliked
lowest of the low
rock-bottom
the dumps
the pits
aberrant
immoderate
contaminated
faulty
lewd
putrid
insubordinate
libidinous
licentious
demoralised
UK
impious
demoralized
US
sunless
plutonian
lonesome
elegiacal
tenebrific
elegiac
freaking
darned
cotton-picking
doggoned
durn
doggone
goddamned
deuced
curst
danged
durned
dang
darn
sensationalist
extravagant
overdramatized
colourful
UK
improper
red hot
too horrible for words
under par
low-quality
poor-quality
below par
sub-par
cut-rate
third-rate
less-than-stellar
second-class
second-rate
two-bit
inapt
inappropriate
unseasonable
strenuous
toilsome
astonishing
bewildering
amazing
a stinker of a
a bummer of a
unattractive
surprising
Cimmerian
tasteless
ribald
salacious
kitschy
pulp
blimming
unwished-for
ill-suited
punishing
grinding
weighty
big
scorned
unlikable
shunned
inexpedient
outcast
loathed
incommodious
uninvited
inadmissible
rejected
suggestive
shock-horror
tacky
vivid
juicy
ravaging
illegal
felonious
illicit
lawless
for the birds
unwished for
affecting
illegitimate
yellow
full-frontal
beyond bearing
not to be borne
to be avoided
out of place
strictly for the birds
crooked
indictable
scoundrelly
transgressing
unsuccessful
off-color
purple
racy
salty
colorful
US
distinct
garish
ruffianly
blackguardly
dishonest
roguish
bent
underhand
abortive
thievish
malfeasant
warped
rascally
chancy
doomed
luckless
speculative
blue
insecure
culpable
not cricket
peccant
maleficent
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
delicate
unruly
venturesome
rabid
steely
unmerciful
ungentle
stern
gruff
impetuous
raging
louring
delirious
flinty
convulsive
open
thorny
ticklish
exposed
cutthroat
raving
lowering
enraged
incessive
undomesticated
bold
touchy
frantic
infuriated
rapacious
angry
flaunting
tigerish
biffo
animalistic
primitive
aggers
ostentatious
immodest
venturous
dangersome
adventurous
on collision course
shaky
impending
vulnerable
dynamite
hot
impregnable
touch-and-go
loaded
breakneck
queasy
unashamed
flagitous
deliberate
flaming
noticeable
bald-faced
bare-faced
stick out like sore thumb
hanging out
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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
alarm
fear
apprehension
fright
horror
terror
trepidation
anxiety
fearfulness
panic
foreboding
alarum
apprehensiveness
concern
disquiet
disquietude
worry
angst
consternation
dismay
jitters
misgiving
scare
shuddering
trembling
unease
uneasiness
affright
flinching
heebie-jeebies
aversion
awe
creeps
funk
gremlin
phobia
trepidity
worriment
a blue funk
cold feet
goose bumps
stage fright
sudden fear
perturbation
nervousness
distress
agitation
shock
inquietude
tension
discomposure
jitteriness
suspicion
willies
anxiousness
restlessness
concernment
nervosity
trouble
agita
butterflies in the stomach
butterflies
doubt
fretfulness
presentiment
care
neurosis
solicitude
sweat
nerves
hang-up
complex
anguish
twitchiness
antipathy
shakes
disturbance
premonition
amazement
blue funk
wonder
hatred
loathing
uncertainty
revulsion
detestation
unrest
distaste
mania
dislike
repulsion
vexation
cold sweat
torment
strain
chill
disgust
upset
thing
paranoia
surprise
avoidance
malaise
stress
funny feeling
bugbear
bogey
sinking feeling
obsession
nightmare
discomfort
misery
irrational fear
fear and trembling
abnormal fear
obsessive fear
fixation
astonishment
mistrust
preoccupation
wonderment
hysteria
collywobbles
reverence
wariness
worriedness
abdabs
woe
respect
veneration
stupefaction
presage
confusion
irrationality
feeling
shudder
intuition
hunch
resentment
torture
tenseness
perplexity
edginess
qualms
burden
shiver
idea
hesitation
blues
depression
abhorrence
hostility
disinclination
agony
inkling
prognostication
hassle
bad feeling
repugnance
indisposition
flap
opposition
animosity
botheration
dissatisfaction
jumps
vibes
sense
prenotion
antagonism
bee in one's bonnet
suffering
vague feeling
sixth sense
sneaking suspicion
downer
feeling in bones
handwriting on wall
displeasure
pins and needles
bewilderment
intimidation
muddlement
distraction
muddle
bother
extreme fear
jumpiness
nerviness
quaking
disconcertment
jim-jams
yips
habdabs
misgivings
seizure
ailment
storm
palpitation
emotion
excitement
heartache
irritation
turmoil
annoyance
sorrow
Weltschmerz
a cold sweat
screaming abdabs
timidity
nag
heart attack
Joe Blakes
screaming habdabs
idée fixe
spectre
UK
specter
US
turbulence
fidgetiness
frustration
disillusionment
disappointment
state
fluster
mid-life crisis
suspense
needles
sense of foreboding
shivers
drag
ants in pants
watchfulness
fuss
nail-biting
fidgets
all-overs
tizzy
tizz
swivet
aversion to
discouragement
mortification
disenchantment
chagrin
tremors
cravenness
hate
jam
frenzy
crush
rush
compulsion
derangement
niggle
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
disliking
bummer
dumps
sadness
warning
omen
sign
bad vibes
foreshadowing
augury
feeling in the bones
pressure
dubiety
mental disturbance
psychosis
reluctance
overwhelming anxiety about
thing about
portent
forewarning
odium
remorse
dyspathy
embarrassment
qualm
dysphoria
scruple
instability
penitence
disbelief
constraint
compunction
discontent
queasiness
admonition
vibrations
vision
indication
winds
the blahs
trauma
unwillingness
admiration
second sight
winds of change
gut feeling
wake-up call
feeling in your bones
wind change
allergy
distaste for
nausea
shunning
anathema
resistance
evasion
abomination
execration
dislike of
disrelish
having no use for
difficulty
grief
oppression
pain
hardship
ferment
forecast
forethought
expectation
anticipation
affliction
passion
flutter
urgency
nervous tension
overextension
trial
distention
heat
intensity
awareness
boding
expectancy
albatross
impatience
bête noire
esteem
worship
regard
despair
unhappiness
dejection
desolation
despondency
wretchedness
melancholy
gloom
heartbreak
dolor
tribulation
regret
gloominess
hurt
discomfiture
mournfulness
dolour
disconsolateness
dolefulness
moodiness
low spirits
pang
distrust
disorder
dither
grievance
downheartedness
travail
twinge
sorrowfulness
scepticism
UK
dispiritedness
cheerlessness
mourning
infelicity
reservation
heartsickness
hesitance
skepticism
US
anger
mopes
hopelessness
hesitancy
desperation
straits
glumness
lamentation
disconcertion
doldrums
grieving
rue
tumult
disconsolation
lamenting
stew
lack of confidence
strife
diffidence
upheaval
harassment
heaviness of heart
lack of faith
excruciation
forlornness
rack
pessimism
despondence
second thoughts
bereavement
despond
disruption
commotion
twitter
sorriness
broken-heartedness
doubts
ordeal
problem
pother
stimulation
lather
heavy heart
mental suffering
broken heart
inconvenience
dilemma
fret
reservations
misdoubt
incertitude
issues
discontentment
ache
dubitation
shame
bitterness
exasperation
misfortune
to-do
swelter
headache
letdown
inhibition
moroseness
joylessness
listlessness
melancholia
miserableness
dreariness
throe
bewailing
bemoaning
ennui
blahs
demon
solicitousness
mistrustfulness
blue devils
the blues
discord
problems
query
antsiness
struggling
abashment
forebodingness
conflict
pangs
flurry
flusteredness
awkwardness
restiveness
tremulousness
excitability
touchiness
trembles
delirium
neurasthenia
animation
suspicions
neuroticism
quivers
feverishness
dithers
scruples
sensitivity
unbelief
soreness
disaffection
aggravation
struggle
disheartenment
disgruntlement
indecision
insecurity
questions
uncertainties
huff
complaint
tearfulness
defeatism
temper
worries
objections
second thought
difficulties
woefulness
puzzle
repentance
bleakness
mental strain
dismalness
emotional suffering
lament
lowness
down
butterflies in one's stomach
bad temper
bad news
low
hurting
weariness
abasement
abjection
anhedonia
abjectness
heavy-heartedness
heavyheartedness
weeping
the dumps
bad mood
trials and tribulations
hump
suspiciousness
reconsideration
regrets
doubtfulness
disquietedness
jolt
disorientation
living day to day
responsibility
discombobulation
jimjams
whim-whams
sleeplessness
clamour
UK
outcry
humiliation
throes
arousal
adversity
burdens
illness
sickness
demur
incitement
mental stress
emotional strain
shaking
fidgeting
outburst
collapse
traumatization
blow
ill
surviving
getting by
screaming meemies
nerve
mixing
clamor
US
rocking
question
quandary
cynicism
hell
dole
DTs
demoralization
US
martyrdom
megrim
deprivation
self-doubt
tizzy, tizz
nervous excitement
loss of face
pining
misbelief
poverty
heartbrokenness
fit of nerves
buck fever
extreme upset
Gehenna
murder
repining
purgatory
deploring
defeat
shake-up
disarray
questioning
humility
unassertiveness
conscience
remonstrance
contrition
objection
tenderness
block
daemon
jump
tremble
fidget
reversion
dislocation
affront
destruction
anvil chorus
stitch
squalor
plague
demoralisation
UK
loss of confidence
lack of enthusiasm
dysthymia
mopery
resignedness
survival mode
unpleasantness
bane
megrims
turn-up
subversion
timidness
timorousness
self-consciousness
humbleness
meekness
question mark
dullness
clinical depression
vapours
UK
one's black dog
troubles
postnatal depression
endogenous depression
vapors
US
slough of despond
lugubriosity
reactive depression
scourge
nuisance
task
disapproval
calamity
curse
pest
persecution
row
pitfall
hindrance
disregard
disapprobation
discontentedness
fix
snit
fuming
fretting
stiffness
smarting
throbbing
distrustfulness
irritant
unsureness
impasse
reserve
restraint
predicament
scrape
pains
labor
US
labour
UK
unconsolability
throb
gyp
cramp
fetish
uproar
cross
visitation
strenuousness
laboriousness
arduousness
provocation
cross to bear
nagging
malcontent
heartburn
envy
boredom
malcontentment
querulousness
jealousy
dejectedness
chaos
ado
toil
setback
enthusiasm
fetich
prepossession
fascination
aches and pains
lack of self-confidence
vacillation
insecureness
poignancy
rebellion
painfulness
hangup
travails
hobbyhorse
bug
sulk
anarchy
insurrection
uprising
hobby horse
bee in your bonnet
pet subject
rioting
attention
imbroglio
weight
exigency
bafflement
dismals
pensiveness
downcastness
consideration
grump
mental block
psychological block
sedition
pain in the rear
thorn in someone's side
pain in the backside
thorn in someone's flesh
pain in the neck
pain in the bum
protest
heed
unquietness
grumps
mental burden
quarrel
fighting
ructions
interest
bout of moping
fit of ill temper
paddy
fit of bad temper
foulie
fit of pique
mood
bate
mard
sulks
fermentation
carefulness
change
dissension
a low
altercation
dissent
bickering
controversy
heedfulness
debate
contention
crisis
pique
irritability
disease
Sturm und Drang
spleen
crossness
wrath
fury
rage
petulance
tetchiness
peevishness
testiness
indignation
relevance
bearing
relation
hot temper
pip
needling
aggro
umbrage
gall
ill humour
ire
stroppiness
crabbiness
choler
interestedness
tender loving care
being rubbed up the wrong way
more ❯
“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
bugbear
bogey
bugaboo
ogre
bogie
hobgoblin
black beast
bogeyman
spectre
UK
specter
US
gremlin
bête noire
monster
horror
anathema
devil
bane
nightmare
goblin
curse
scare
fear
bogy
fiend
peeve
pet hate
pet peeve
giant
demon
abomination
beast
troll
ghoul
thorn in one's side
thorn in one's flesh
bane of one's life
scarecrow
alarm
bullbeggar
fright
dislike
aversion
hate
vexation
irritation
irritant
torment
hang-up
pain
problem
terror
apprehension
boogeyman
loup-garou
wraith
threat
bete noire
pain in the bum
pain in the backside
pain in the neck
pain in the rear
elf
fairy
pixie
brownie
sprite
gnome
dwarf
leprechaun
kobold
pixy
puck
faery
fay
hob
imp
faerie
fae
baggard
fey
boggle
kelpie
buggard
bogle
boggard
bog
boggart
nixie
bug-a-boo
spirit
bug
pooka
more ❯
Noun
▲
(
often follows "pet"
)
A personal dislike or source of irritation
hate
peeve
aggravation
aversion
bugbear
dislike
frustration
annoyance
complaint
grievance
objection
whinge
bane
exasperation
gripe
inconvenience
protest
quibble
whine
beef
bother
distress
grumble
hassle
headache
irk
irritation
nuisance
fuss
groan
grouch
grouse
holler
irritant
kvetch
moan
problem
resentment
vexation
yammer
bleat
carp
cavil
fear
lament
trial
umbrage
bane of one's life
pet aversion
thorn in one's flesh
thorn in one's side
Noun
▲
A very unpleasant or frightening experience or prospect
nightmare
horror
torment
hell
ordeal
torture
trial
agony
misery
murder
purgatory
bane
bogey
burden
curse
Gehenna
phobia
hallucination
tribulation
dream
fancy
fantasy
illusion
pet hate
phantasm
succubus
vision
bad dream
hell on earth
night terror
affliction
anguish
suffering
pain
difficulty
hardship
woe
trouble
bother
problem
devil
scourge
bugbear
fiend
trauma
plague
wretchedness
toil
labor
US
labour
UK
calamity
test
terror
hobgoblin
hassle
demon
irritation
bête noire
trials and tribulations
bugaboo
bogeyman
hang-up
strain
anathema
despair
load
nuisance
grind
pest
living hell
adversity
distress
ogre
stress
vexation
irritant
drain
encumbrance
drudgery
peeve
battle
struggle
travail
black beast
goblin
headache
exertion
millstone
pet peeve
uphill battle
weight
bane of one's life
uphill struggle
pain in the bum
pain in the backside
tough grind
difficult task
tall order
tough assignment
pain in the rear
pain in the neck
effort
endeavor
US
abyss
hellhole
slog
monster
long haul
hard work
endeavour
UK
destruction
ruin
daemon
ruination
incubus
succuba
death
baptism of fire
menace
evil
disaster
an ordeal
a nightmare
a trial
misfortune
nemesis
blight
fire
gauntlet
gantlet
cross
crucible
downfall
bête noir
bitter pill
a difficult experience
visitation
calvary
painful experience
cross to bear
annoyance
undoing
a unpleasant experience
a frustrating experience
fatal attraction
aversion
hate
dislike
challenge
unpleasant experience
bogie
drag
fear
gremlin
spectre
UK
apprehension
boogeyman
loup-garou
wraith
scare
specter
US
bogy
threat
strife
bore
worry
inconvenience
pill
nudnik
skelf
conflict
bete noire
source of irritation
source of annoyance
blister
source of aggravation
fair cow
abomination
thorn in your flesh
thorn in one's side
thorn in one's flesh
more ❯
Noun
▲
A state or cause of gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry
spectre
UK
specter
US
pall
cloud
gloom
shadow
threat
menace
danger
fear
chill
peril
worry
Sword of Damocles
infelicity
gloominess
darkness
glumness
dispiritedness
cheerlessness
disconsolateness
joylessness
despair
moroseness
dejectedness
trouble
blues
melancholia
sadness
melancholy
despondency
sorrow
forlornness
sorrowfulness
depression
dolefulness
downcastness
woefulness
heartsickness
hopelessness
miserableness
somberness
sombreness
misery
downheartedness
listlessness
tearfulness
desolation
dreariness
blight
moodiness
dismay
problem
Noun
▲
A strange, horrible, and often frightening being
monster
beast
brute
creature
fiend
ghoul
troll
bogeyman
daemon
demon
goblin
bugbear
critter
ghoulie
gremlin
hobgoblin
imp
ogre
orc
phantom
vermin
beastie
bugaboo
devil
ghost
hellhound
monstrosity
slime
specter
US
spectre
UK
spirit
varmint
wraith
bogey
bogie
giant
grotesque
pest
phantasm
apparition
boogeyman
cacodemon
incubus
kobold
minion
phantasma
succubus
urchin
atua
bogle
bogyman
boogieman
grotesquerie
grotesquery
shaitan
spook
werewolf
bug-a-boo
evil spirit
mythical creature
fabulous creature
visitant
animal
eidolon
boggle
booger
sprite
black beast
villain
tyrant
shade
scoundrel
sadist
savage
barbarian
shadow
vision
poltergeist
fantasm
swine
pig
blackguard
haunt
materialization
US
hant
nightmare
wairua
afreet
rakshasa
torment
affliction
hang-up
it
kehua
fear
scare
bogy
Archfiend
hellion
Satan
vampire
scarecrow
alarm
bullbeggar
fright
dehumanized being
warlock
fallen angel
horror
scourge
witch
malignant spirit
materialisation
UK
familiar spirit
elf
pixie
terror
brownie
fairy
leprechaun
gnome
puck
dwarf
fay
faerie
faery
pixy
revenant
manes
kelpie
appearance
presence
wight
bodach
duppy
illusion
zombie
banshee
soul
hob
ethereal being
incorporeal being
nixie
Doppelganger
being
visitor
whangdoodle
fae
baggard
boggard
boggart
bug
fey
buggard
bog
pooka
doppelgänger
hallucination
chimera
US
bump in the night
delusion
doppelganger
chimaera
UK
anathema
bane
aversion
hate
vexation
irritant
dislike
irritation
curse
pet hate
pain
peeve
problem
bête noire
apprehension
loup-garou
threat
nix
elfin
bete noire
pain in the bum
pain in the backside
pet peeve
pain in the rear
pain in the neck
mischievous goblin
more ❯
Verb
▲
Anticipate with great apprehension or fear
fear
be afraid of
shrink from
apprehend
cower at
cringe
cringe from
misdoubt
quake
shudder
shudder at
tremble
tremble at
worry about
be anxious about
be terrified by
feel apprehensive about
flinch from
have forebodings about
quail from
anticipate with horror
be afraid
be frightened of
be terrified of
be worried about
cringe at the thought of
have cold feet
shudder to think about
tremble to think about
be in a blue funk about
have cold feet about
be scared of
live in dread of
be apprehensive of
be apprehensive about
have butterflies in your stomach about
cower before
feel consternation about
be fearful of
live in fear of
tremble before
panic about
shake in your shoes about
go in terror of
more ❯
“When I worked for the Labour Party we used to
dread
Easter week more than any other.”
Verb
▲
To put (hair) into dreadlocks
dreadlock
Verb
▲
To regard with adoration and reverence, particularly for deities and gods
fear
stand in awe of
regard with awe
revere
reverence
venerate
respect
be intimidated by
Verb
▲
Have a strong aversion to
have a horror of
detest
greatly dislike
hate
loathe
abhor
abominate
be afraid of
be frightened of
be scared of
be terrified of
fear
be unable to bear
be unable to stand
have a strong aversion to
Verb
▲
To be anxious or concerned about something in particular
sweat
fret
worry
fuss
stress
fear
stew
agonise
UK
agonize
US
trouble
bother
panic
chafe
dither
abide
brook
endure
exert
go
stand
stomach
suffer
take
tolerate
torture
be anxious
be concerned
lose sleep
be on tenterhooks
torment oneself
torture oneself
be afraid
be agitated
be in a flap
be in a state
be in a tiz-woz
be on pins and needles
lose sleep over
be in a lather
be in a stew
stay the course
stick it out
be in a state of agitation
be in a state of anxiety
be in a state of nervousness
brood
obsess
be troubled
be bothered
feel uneasy
labor
US
labour
UK
wrestle
grapple
fume
concern oneself
upset oneself
be upset
be distressed
be worried
get overwrought
get worked up
be in anguish
get in a sweat
get steamed up
get in a tizzy
get in a state
get in a lather
go through the mill
get in a tizz
get in a flap
get in a panic
get in a fluster
care
be perturbed
dwell on
have qualms
get stressed
bite one's nails
have butterflies in one's stomach
be in a blue funk
lament
eat heart out
wrestle with oneself
stew over
take it badly
carry on
torment yourself
exercise oneself
torture yourself
be in agony
sing the blues
anguish
mope
sigh
sorrow
complain
pine
feel unhappy
whine
grumble
grieve
bleed
carp
affront
hassle
chagrin
feel peeved
distress yourself
make a fuss
upset yourself
eat one's heart out
carry a heavy load
get into a dither
take on
distress oneself
sweat it out
be nervous
get in a tiz-woz
be apprehensive
be alarmed
more ❯
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