[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dread \dread\ dre^d, v. t. imp.  p. p. dreaded; p. pr. 
   vb. n. dreading. as. dr=aedan, in comp.; akin to os.
   dr=adan, ohg. tr=atan, both only in comp.
   to fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to,
   with terrific apprehension.
   1913 webster

         when at length the moment dreaded through so many years
         came close, the dark cloud passed away from johnson's
         mind.                                    --macaulay.
   1913 webster
see also:
dreaded dreading 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dreaded
     adj : causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful
           risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful
           that london was shocked"; "the dread presence of the
           headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it
           once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling";
           "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible
           curse" syn: awful, dire, direful, dreada, dreadful,
            fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific,
            terrible
see also:
awful dire direful dreada dreadful fearful 
fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible 

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