Dread

Definition

dread /dred/ n (က) [U, sing] စိုးရိမ္ပူပန္ျခင္း။ ထိတ္လန္႔ျခင္း။ The prospect of growing old fills me with dread. ❍ She has an irrational dread of hospitals. (ခ) [sing] ပူပန္ ထိတ္လန္႔စရာ။ My constant/greatest dread is that my parents will find out. v အႀကီးအက်ယ္ ပူပန္သည္၊ စိုးရိမ္သည္။ dread illness/being ill ❍ I dread my parents finding out. ❍ We all dread to think what will happen if the factory closes. ❏ dreaded (also fml dread ) adj အလြန္ေၾကာက္ေသာ။ a dreaded disease ❍ ( joc ) I heard the dreaded word ‘homework’.

Examples

1. I dread the day she finds out.
2. [dread doing something] : She started to dread seeing him.