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Meaning of dreaded

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dreaded
      adj 1: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an
             awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so
             direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of
             the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease
             it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling";
             "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible
             curse" [syn: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)},
             {dreaded}, {dreadful}, {fearful}, {fearsome},
             {frightening}, {horrendous}, {horrific}, {terrible}]


Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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