dreadless
/ˈdɹɛdləs/
dreadless adjective: feeling no dread or fear; unafraid.
Adjective
dreadless (comparative more dreadless, superlative most dreadless)
- Feeling no dread or fear; unafraid.
- So doubly is distrest twixt ioy and cares / The dreadlesse courage of this Elfin knight, / Hauing escapt so sad ensamples in his sight.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- And to make shew of his dreadlesse magnanimitie, having caused a pan of burning coales to be brought, he saw and suffred his right arme[…]to be parched and wel-nigh rosted-off[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure.
- Safe in his dreadless den.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
Forms of dreadless
| comparative | more dreadless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dreadless |
Origin of dreadless
From Middle English dredles, dredeles, equivalent to dread + -less.
Words formed from dreadless
Questions about dreadless
- What does dreadless mean?
- Dreadless means feeling no dread or fear; unafraid.
- What part of speech is dreadless?
- Dreadless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dreadless?
- Dreadless is pronounced /ˈdɹɛdləs/ (UK).
Words near dreadless in the dictionary
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