English dreden, from Old English drǣdan (“to fear, <span class="searchmatch">dread</span>”), aphetic form of ondrǣdan (“to fear, <span class="searchmatch">dread</span>”), from Proto-West Germanic *andarādan, equivalent...
dəd/ Rhymes: -ɛdɪd <span class="searchmatch">dreaded</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">dreaded</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">dreaded</span>) Causing fear, <span class="searchmatch">dread</span>, or terror. I have got the <span class="searchmatch">dreaded</span> flu. Having or wearing...
dreds <span class="searchmatch">dreads</span> pl (plural only) (colloquial) dreadlocks dreadlocks locks dreadtalk dready <span class="searchmatch">dreads</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">dreads</span>) A Rastafarian person. From <span class="searchmatch">dread</span> + -s...
<span class="searchmatch">dread</span> fascinations plural of <span class="searchmatch">dread</span> fascination...
na‧tty‧dread natty <span class="searchmatch">dread</span> (plural natty <span class="searchmatch">dread</span> dem, quantified natty <span class="searchmatch">dread</span>) Abbreviation of natty dreadlocks. A Rastafarian man. Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">dread</span>, natty, ras,...
IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛdɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ <span class="searchmatch">dreading</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">dread</span> re-adding, readding...
Either from Middle English drednesse or formed anew from <span class="searchmatch">dread</span> + -ness; compare dreadedness. <span class="searchmatch">dreadness</span> (uncountable) Quality of being <span class="searchmatch">dread</span>. desanders...
From <span class="searchmatch">dread</span> + -er. <span class="searchmatch">dreader</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">dreaders</span>) One who <span class="searchmatch">dreads</span>. “<span class="searchmatch">dreader</span>”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam...
<span class="searchmatch">dread</span> + -able. <span class="searchmatch">dreadable</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">dreadable</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">dreadable</span>) Worthy of being <span class="searchmatch">dreaded</span> Synonyms: dreadworthy, <span class="searchmatch">dreaded</span> “<span class="searchmatch">dreadable</span>”...
In reference to the dreadlocks they typically wear. rent-a-<span class="searchmatch">dread</span> (plural rent-a-<span class="searchmatch">dreads</span>) (slang) A male sex worker in the Caribbean, catering to female...