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adread

/əˈdɹɛd/

adread verb: to dread, fear greatly.

Verb

adread (third-person singular simple present adreads, present participle adreading, simple past and past participle adreaded)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To dread, fear greatly.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete, reflexive) To fear, be afraid.

Adjective

adread

  1. (archaic) Affected by or full of dread; fearful.

adread meaning in Bengali

adread in Bengali

ভয় পেয়ে যাওয়া, ভীত হওয়া

Forms of adread

third-person singular presentadreads
present participleadreading
past participleadreaded
pastadreaded

Origin of adread

From Middle English adreden, from late Old English ādrǣdan, from earlier Old English ondrǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic *andrādan.

From Middle English adred, adrad, past participle of Middle English adreden, from Old English ondrǣdan, equivalent to a- + dread. Compare also Middle English ofdradd (“afraid”), Old English ofdrǣdd (“terrified, afraid”).

Questions about adread

What does adread mean?
Adread means to dread, fear greatly.
What is adread in Bengali?
Adread in Bengali is ভয় পেয়ে যাওয়া, ভীত হওয়া. See Adread meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is adread?
Adread can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce adread?
Adread is pronounced /əˈdɹɛd/.
What is the past tense of adread?
The past tense of adread is adreaded.

Words near adread in the dictionary

  1. adraw
  2. adrawing
  3. adrawn
  4. adraws
  5. adraxone
  6. adread
  7. adreaded
  8. adreading
  9. adreads
  10. adream
  11. adreamed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adread (page history and authors); adread (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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