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was dread
adjective
Terrible; greatly feared.
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It was dread.
"There was dread in the real world in the 1950s.
Yet, from the moment I pulled up to the ferry dock, there was dread in my soul.
Hours earlier, he had spoken of his missing son in an interview with touching words of hope whose subtext was dread.
Also teaches textiles and food technology, including GCSE classes The first thing that went through my head was dread and panic.
There was dread, there was foreboding, there were metal detectors but there was also the whiff of excitement people get when they're about to escape from their everyday lives.
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I was dreading the review.
I was dreading last week.
Just divorced, he was dreading another loss.
Like this opening — I was dreading it.
I was dreading meeting her.
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