dread
Because it is a word with a single syllable, dread is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofdread
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
Example: "my visit to the doctor is filling me with dread"
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- A person highly revered.
- Fury; dreadfulness.
- A Rastafarian.
- (chiefly in the plural) dreadlock
- To fear greatly.
- To anticipate with fear.
Example: "I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life."
- To be in dread, or great fear.
- To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
- Terrible; greatly feared.
- Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
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