dread in Persian
وحشت vahšat
/dɹɛd/
dread in Persian: وحشت (vahšat). In English, dread means to fear greatly.
Persian words for dread
- great fear in view of impending evil
- وحشت vahšat
English meaning of dread
- verb To fear greatly.
- verb To anticipate with fear.
- verb To be in dread, or great fear.
- verb To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
dread in a sentence
- I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life.
- My visit to the doctor is filling me with dread.
- 1980, Donald Fagen; Walter Becker (lyrics and music), "Glamour Profession" in Gaucho, track 3: "Jack with his radar / Stalking the dread moray eel"
dread in other languages
Questions about dread in Persian
- What is the meaning of dread in Persian?
- Dread in Persian is وحشت (vahšat).
- معنی dread چیست؟
- Dread: وحشت (vahšat).
- What does dread mean in English?
- Dread means to fear greatly.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dread (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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