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  • past tense form of dread.
  • past participle of dread.

dreaded

ADJECTIVE
horrendous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abhorrent appalling atrocious awful dire disastrous dreadful extreme frightful ghastly gruesome harrowing hideous horrible horrid
WEAK
beastly dangerous disturbing fearful hateful horrifyin
Antonyms
STRONGEST
beautiful delightful fortunate good nice pleasant pleasing wonderful
ADJECTIVE
terrible
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abhorrent appalling atrocious awesome awful dangerous dire disastrous disturbing dreadful frightful ghastly gruesome harrowing hideous horrendous horrid horrifying serious severe shocking unfortunate unpleasant
WEAK
awe-inspiring beastly desperate dread fearful hateful inconvenient loathsome monstrous obnoxious odious offensive petrifying poor repulsive revolting rotten unnerving unwelcome vile
Antonyms
STRONGEST
beautiful calming comforting delightful fortunate good happy inoffensive lucky mild nice pleasant pleasing trivial unimportant wonderful
WEAK
great
ADJECTIVE
undesirable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abominable inadmissible loathsome objectionable troublesome unsatisfactory unsavory unwanted unwelcome
STRONG
annoying outcast repellent
WEAK
bothersome defective disagreeable disliked displeasing distasteful icky incommodious inconvenient inexpedient insufferable loathed obnoxious out of place rejected repugnant scorned shunned to be avoided unattractive unlikable unpleasing unpopular unsought unsuitable unwished for useless
Antonyms
STRONGEST
acceptable desirable lovable nice pleasant wanted welcome
WEAK
appealing pleasing savory

Example Sentences

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Suspecting she’d owe the IRS hundreds of thousands of dollars, she dreaded filing her taxes.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Bone chips, ACLs, MCLs, pulled hamstrings, multiple Tommy John surgeries and the recent epidemic of dreaded oblique strains just for starters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

But they dreaded demolishing the 800-square-foot cabin because it held such strong family memories.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Sean Duffy is even taunting Pete Buttigieg about it, in a bout of dreaded intra–transportation secretary violence.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

I never expressed it to my parents, but I dreaded the calls to Iran.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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