"dreaded" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɹɛ.dɪd/, /ˈdɹɛ.dəd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dreaded.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more dreaded [comparative], most dreaded [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛdɪd Head templates: {{en-adj}} dreaded (comparative more dreaded, superlative most dreaded)
  1. Causing fear, dread, or terror. Translations (Causing fear, dread or terror): hrozný [masculine] (Czech), strašný [masculine] (Czech), děsivý [masculine] (Czech), verafschuwd (Dutch), gevreesd (Dutch), pelottava (Finnish), kammottava (Finnish), kamala (Finnish), redoutable (French), gefürchtet (German), temuto [masculine] (Italian), straszny [masculine] (Polish), temido (Spanish), korkunç (Turkish), ürkütücü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dreaded-en-adj-0j1S-48S Disambiguation of 'Causing fear, dread or terror': 94 6
  2. Having or wearing dreadlocks.
    Sense id: en-dreaded-en-adj--SQeCO9s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dreaded diamond

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɹɛ.dɪd/, /ˈdɹɛ.dəd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dreaded.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛdɪd Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dreaded
  1. simple past and past participle of dread Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: dread
    Sense id: en-dreaded-en-verb-Zrr6fBKx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 4 70

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