dread
verb (used with object)
to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of.
has dreaded
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present perfectof dread (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since her portfolio lost more than $80,000 in 2007, Sue Patterson has dreaded opening her investment statements.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2010
She has borne stoically the very unwelcome burdens of her husband's position, and she has dreaded the possibility that he would run again.
From Time Magazine Archive
All his years, he has dreaded the necessity to extemporize.
From Time Magazine Archive
She has dreaded the loneliness of my home.
From A Noble Woman by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
Yes—when a weight of concealment is on the mind, remorse is relieved by the very discovery which it has dreaded.
From John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts by George Colman
