Synonyms for dreaded
dread·ed

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1. awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective

   causing fear or dread or terror

   "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

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1. ill-intentioned

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "dreaded":

   fearsome, formidable, daunting, terrible

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1. David Barker:

   In the short run, his numbers might get even worse if he then does not decide to shut things down again — because he will lose favor with people on his own side who currently support him, in the long run, though, shutting things down will make him even more unpopular, because it would tank the economy again — producing the dreaded two-headed monster of stagflation.

2. Publilius Syrus:

   The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

4. Thomas Gill:

   Serious fall injuries are one of the most dreaded and devastating conditions experienced by older persons.

5. TSM_SweetPotato6:

   Shut up dreaded!!!”