Synonyms of dreads

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noun

plural of dread

as in terrors

something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason

speaking in public is a perennial dread for many people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terrors
• spirits
• plagues
• torments
• curses
• bogies
• bugaboos
• enemies
• bugbears
• hobgoblins
• spectres
• ogres
• demons
• horrors
• bogeys
• black beasts
• bêtes noires
• monsters
• specters
• ghosts
• apparitions
• phantoms
• daemons
• shades
• wraiths
• phantasms
• spooks
• banes
• frights
• banshees
• fantasms
• imps
• ghouls
• incubi
• poltergeists
• scourges
• devils
• bogeymen
• horribles
• monstrosities
• abominations
• fiends
• bogymen
• incubuses
• anathemas

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dread

as in fears

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fears
• apprehends
• perceives
• cautions
• previews
• forewarns
• descries
• discerns
• envisions
• alerts
• visualizes
• predicts
• prophesies
• envisages
• foresees
• prefigures
• presages
• foretokens
• foreshadows
• foretells
• forecasts
• anticipates
• divines
• prognosticates
• augurs
• foreknows
• previsions
• forefeels