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dreaded

  • past participle
    of dread.
    dread
    verb (used with object)
    to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of.
  • past tense form
    of dread.
    dread
    verb (used with object)
    to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of.

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For tax reporting, does it use Form 1099 or the dreaded K-1 form?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Anything that drifts too close to the dreaded category of “dump and stir,” a phrase that has done real reputational harm to a perfectly sensible technique?

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

But he does sugarcoat his technological limitations as a 67-year-old comic in the dreaded age of video calls with a punchy Chicano twist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Framed this way, mathematicians are not in a race against A.I.s, waiting for the dreaded Kasparov moment when we become supplanted.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

It made me happy that Lissa wanted to see me, but I dreaded going to the terrace again.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn