dreaded

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dread/dred/

▶verb

• 1 anticipate with great apprehension or fear.

• 2 archaic regard with great awe.

▶noun

• 1 great fear or apprehension.

• 2 (dreads) informal dreadlocks.

• 3 a sudden take-off of a flock of birds.

▶adjective

• 1 greatly feared; dreadful.

• 2 archaic regarded with awe.

– derivatives
dreaded adjective.

– origin OE ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of W. Gmc origin.