dreading

[dred-ing]

verb

1. the present participle of dread.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dreading¹

dread + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Mamá told the girls, and I headed home to them, rushing to comfort them yet dreading what I knew was to come.

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Everything he’d been dreading was coming together in one terrible moment.

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While watching the cruelty unfold outside the house, where neighbours or passers-by could have easily seen, it left her dreading what horrors were happening behind closed doors.

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So the band was going to tour to promote “It’s Hard,” which he was dreading as he tried to get clean.

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After spending another consecutive weekend with Clark at his place, I was dreading my usual return drive home over the Sepulveda Pass and into the Valley.

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• concerned 
• distressed 
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• nervous 
• restless 
• scared 
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