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Adjective
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Causing fear or terror
dread
dreadful
feared
horrible
horrifying
awful
shocking
ghastly
terrible
horrendous
horrific
gruesome
appalling
terrifying
frightening
alarming
grisly
harrowing
horrid
unspeakable
scary
fearsome
nightmarish
direful
disturbing
hair-raising
spine-chilling
monstrous
atrocious
dire
more ❯
“Only four years into her reign she had been struck down by the dreaded smallpox, which had already killed so many that year.”
Adjective
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Generally unpleasant or reprehensible
undesirable
disagreeable
unpleasant
distasteful
offensive
obnoxious
objectionable
repellent
unacceptable
displeasing
awful
nasty
disgusting
revolting
repugnant
abhorrent
odious
dreadful
horrible
deplorable
repulsive
loathsome
foul
horrid
appalling
terrible
sickening
nauseating
reprehensible
insufferable
detestable
vile
unwelcome
intolerable
abominable
nauseous
unpalatable
unsavoryUS
unsavouryUK
contemptible
obscene
exceptionable
frightful
despicable
hateful
ghastly
beastly
annoying
icky
loathly
disgustful
noxious
unpleasing
rebarbative
adverse
unappealing
unlikable
bothersome
off-putting
beyond the pale
for the birds
out of place
strictly for the birds
to be avoided
more ❯
Verb
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Past tense for to anticipate with great apprehension or fear
feared
apprehended
cringed
misdoubted
shuddered
trembled
shrank from
shrunk from
cowered at
cringed from
quaked at
shuddered at
trembled at
worried about
felt apprehensive about
flinched from
had forebodings about
quailed from
anticipated with horror
cringed at the thought of
had cold feet
had cold feet about
shuddered to think about
trembled to think about
cowered before
lived in fear of
felt consternation about
trembled before
panicked about
lived in dread of
gone in terror of
went in terror of
shook in your shoes about
shaken in your shoes about
“I used to dread having to cross the main road. Traffic used to speed along that road as quick as lightning.”
Verb
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Past tense for to put (hair) into dreadlocks
dreadlocked
Verb
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Past tense for to regard with adoration and reverence, particularly for deities and gods
feared
stood in awe of
regarded with awe
revered
reverenced
venerated
respected
Verb
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Had a strong aversion to
had a horror of
detested
greatly disliked
hated
loathed
abhorred
abominated
feared
had a strong aversion to
Verb
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Past tense for to be anxious or concerned about something in particular
sweated
sweat
fretted
worried
fussed
stressed
feared
stewed
agonisedUK
agonizedUS
troubled
bothered
panicked
chafed
dithered
abode
abided
brooked
endured
exerted
went
gone
stood
stomached
suffered
took
taken
tolerated
tortured
lost sleep
tormented yourself
tortured yourself
lost sleep over
stayed the course
stuck it out
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