Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dread
Participle: dreaded
Gerund: dreading
Indicative
Present
| I | dread |
| you | dread |
| he;she;it | dreads |
| we | dread |
| you | dread |
| they | dread |
Perfect
| I | have dreaded |
| you | have dreaded |
| he;she;it | has dreaded |
| we | have dreaded |
| you | have dreaded |
| they | have dreaded |
Past
| I | dreaded |
| you | dreaded |
| he;she;it | dreaded |
| we | dreaded |
| you | dreaded |
| they | dreaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had dreaded |
| you | had dreaded |
| he;she;it | had dreaded |
| we | had dreaded |
| you | had dreaded |
| they | had dreaded |
Future
| I | will dread |
| you | will dread |
| he;she;it | will dread |
| we | will dread |
| you | will dread |
| they | will dread |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dreaded |
| you | will have dreaded |
| he;she;it | will have dreaded |
| we | will have dreaded |
| you | will have dreaded |
| they | will have dreaded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dread |
| you | dread |
| he;she;it | dread |
| we | dread |
| you | dread |
| they | dread |
Perfect
| I | have dreaded |
| you | have dreaded |
| he;she;it | have dreaded |
| we | have dreaded |
| you | have dreaded |
| they | have dreaded |
Imperfect
| I | dreaded |
| you | dreaded |
| he;she;it | dreaded |
| we | dreaded |
| you | dreaded |
| they | dreaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had dreaded |
| you | had dreaded |
| he;she;it | had dreaded |
| we | had dreaded |
| you | had dreaded |
| they | had dreaded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dread |
| you | would dread |
| he;she;it | would dread |
| we | would dread |
| you | would dread |
| they | would dread |
Perfect
| I | would have dreaded |
| you | would have dreaded |
| he;she;it | would have dreaded |
| we | would have dreaded |
| you | would have dreaded |
| they | would have dreaded |
Imperative
| you | dread |
| we | Let's dread |
| you | dread |
Verbs conjugated like 'dread'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dread'
adread,
aread,
bread,
dead,
dream,
dreap,
read,
tread,
arear,
arread,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan (“to fear, dread”), aphetic form of ondrǣdan (“to fear, dread”), from Proto-West Germanic *andarādan, equivalent to Old English and- + rǣdan (whence read); corresponding to an aphesis of earlier adread.
2. Akin to Old Saxon antdrādan, andrādan (“to fear, dread”), Old High German intrātan (“to fear”), Middle High German entrāten (“to fear, dread, frighten”). See: Middle English '
dreden', Old High German 'intrātan', Middle High German '
entrāten'.
Sample Sentences
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[Picture: The Solitary Prisoner] When he is in his cell by day, he fears the little yard without. When he is in the yard, he dreads to re-enter the cell. When night comes, there stands the phantom in the corner. If he have the courage to stand in its place, and drive it out (he had once: being desperate ), it broods upon his [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] or scrap of fence between, into the mountain depths below. The journey is very carefully made, however; only two carriages travelling together; and while proper precautions are taken, is not to be dreaded for its dangers.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] heavy dulness as brooded over these meals: the very recollection of it weighs me down, and makes me, for the moment, wretched. Reading and writing on my knee, in our little cabin, I really dreaded the coming of the hour that summoned us to table; and was as glad to escape from it again, as if it had been a penance or a punishment. Healthy cheerfulness and good spirits forming a part of the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] be; but then there came evil times. He had a cousin come to New Orleans, who was his particular friend,—he thought all the world of him; — but, from the first time I saw him, I couldn't tell why, I dreaded him; for I felt sure he was going to bring misery on us. He got Henry to going out with him, and often he would not come home nights till two or three o’clock. I did not dare say a word; for Henry [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] time, and debasing influences, and despair, hardened womanhood within her, and waked the fires of fiercer passions, she had become in a measure his mistress, and he alternately tyrannized over and dreaded her.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)