dread

dread
[dred] vt
1) (fear greatly)
to \dread sth sich akk vor etw dat sehr fürchten, vor etw dat große Angst haben;
to \dread doing sth große Angst haben, etw zu tun;
to \dread that ... sich akk sehr davor fürchten, dass ..., große Angst davor haben, dass ...;
I \dread to think what would happen if ... ich wage gar nicht daran zu denken, was geschehen würde, wenn ...
2) (look forward to with fear)
to \dread sth vor etw dat Angst haben, sich akk vor etw dat fürchten;
he's \dreading his driving test er hat Angst vor der Fahrprüfung;
to \dread doing sth Angst davor haben, etw zu tun;
I'm \dreading having to ring her ich traue mich gar nicht, sie anzurufen n
no pl Furcht f, [große] Angst;
to be [or stand] [or live] in \dread of sth in [ständiger] Angst vor etw dat leben;
to fill sb with \dread jdn mit Angst und Schrecken erfüllen adj
attr (liter) fürchterlich, schrecklich, furchtbar;
the \dread spectre of civil war das Schreckgespenst eines Bürgerkrieges

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