dread

/dษนษ›d/
noun
  1. 1

    Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

    โ€œmy visit to the doctor is filling me with dreadโ€

  2. 2

    Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

  3. 3

    Somebody or something dreaded.

  4. 4

    A person highly revered.

  5. 5

    Fury; dreadfulness.

  6. 6

    A Rastafarian.

  7. 7

    (chiefly in the plural) dreadlock

verb
  1. 1

    To fear greatly.

  2. 2

    To anticipate with fear.

    โ€œI'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life.โ€

  3. 3

    To be in dread, or great fear.

  4. 4

    To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.

adjective
  1. 1

    Terrible; greatly feared.

  2. 2

    Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dread