Synonyms for dread

Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dread

Sense 1:

fear, dread

Similarity of adj dread

1 sense of dread

Sense 1:

awful, dire, direful, dread(prenominal), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
alarming (vs. unalarming)