dread · verb
Sens et exemples
Éprouver une forte peur à l'idée d'un événement désagréable qui pourrait bientôt se produire.
She dreaded telling her family about the failed exam.
Many residents dread another winter of flooding.
He had dreaded the meeting for weeks, but the discussion was calmer than expected.
Formes
- dread base form
- dreads third-person singular present
- dreaded past tense and past participle
- dreading present participle