Dreaded synonyms
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Shakespeare
To anticipate with fear or alarm
Feeling fear; afraid
Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
Dire is defined as something that is urgent.
Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.
Terrible; greatly feared.
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The definition of dreadful is terrible, shocking or very disturbing.
(Now Rare) Frightened; timid
Horrifying, causing horror; horrible.
Extremely formidable:
To shiver convulsively, as from fear or revulsion.
To affect with panic
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To cringe is to draw back or to move your face or body in order to shrink from danger or fear.
To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
encouraged (antonym)
Encourage is defined as to give someone hope, confidence or support.
wanted (antonym)
(Informal) To be obliged (to do something):
nasty (related)
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horrible (related)
Horrible; frightful
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