DREADED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DREADED?

Need another word that means the same as “dreaded”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “dreaded” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dreaded” are: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible, alarming, terrifying, frightful, horrible

Dreaded as an Adjective

Definitions of "Dreaded" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dreaded” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Regarded with great fear or apprehension.
• Causing fear or dread or terror.

Synonyms of "Dreaded" as an adjective (15 Words)

alarming	Worrying or disturbing. Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
awful	Causing fear or dread or terror. The awful war.
dire	Extremely serious or urgent. A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked.
direful	Extremely bad; dreadful. A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked.
dread	Greatly feared dreadful. He was stricken with the dread disease and died.
dreadful	Very unpleasant. Don t go out the weather is dreadful.
fearful	Lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted- P.B.Shelley. A fearful accident.
fearsome	Frightening, especially in appearance. The cat mewed displaying a fearsome set of teeth.
frightening	Making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying. A frightening experience.
frightful	Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact. A frightful crime of decapitation.
horrendous	Extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible. She suffered horrendous injuries.
horrible	Provoking horror. War is beyond all words horrible.
horrific	Causing fear or dread or terror. Horrific conditions in the mining industry.
terrible	Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable. Despite passing my driving test first time I m a terrible driver.
terrifying	Causing extreme fear. The terrifying events of the past few weeks.

Usage Examples of "Dreaded" as an adjective

• Polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was.
• The dreaded fax machine.
• The dreaded news came that Joe had been wounded.

Associations of "Dreaded" (30 Words)

afraid	Having feelings of aversion or unwillingness. She was afraid that I might be embarrassed.
alarm	Fill with apprehension or alarm cause to be unpleasantly surprised. I hammered on several doors to raise the alarm.
alarming	Frightening because of an awareness of danger. Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
angst	A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general. The existential angst of the middle classes.
appall	Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
apprehension	The action of arresting someone. She had some apprehensions about the filming.
awe	Capacity to inspire awe. He stared over the edge with a feeling of awe.
chilling	The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature. A chilling account of the prisoners fate.
claustrophobia	Extreme or irrational fear of confined places. The small stuffy room had begun to give him claustrophobia.
dreadful	(of a person) unwell or troubled. You re a dreadful flirt.
fear	Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event. We should not fear the Communists.
fearfulness	An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight.
fearsome	Causing fear or dread or terror. The cat mewed displaying a fearsome set of teeth.
fright	Frighten. I got the fright of my life seeing her in the hotel.
frighten	Drive out by frightening. At his age I guess he doesn t frighten any more.
frightening	Causing fear or dread or terror. A frightening experience.
haunt	Haunt like a ghost pursue. She haunts the ballet.
horrific	Causing horror. Horrific injuries.
horror	A thing causing a feeling of horror. Photographs showed the horror of the tragedy.
monstrosity	Something hideous or frightful. Had my tone of reason in the face of monstrosity finally registered.
panic	Feel or cause to feel panic. Panic selling.
petrify	Change into stone. Slogans petrify our thinking.
scare	Become scared. Gosh that gave me a scare.
scared	Made afraid. Too shocked and scared to move.
scary	Uncannily striking or surprising. It was scary the way they bonded with each other.
terrible	Exceptionally bad or displeasing. The weather was terrible.
terrify	Fill with terror; frighten greatly. She was terrified he would drop her.
terrifying	Causing extreme fear. A terrifying wail.
terror	Terrorism. She had a terror of darkness.
thriller	A novel, play, or film with an exciting plot, typically involving crime or espionage. Spy thrillers.