What is the meaning of dreaded?

Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of.
- usage: "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists"
- synonyms: fear, dread

Causing fear or dread or terror.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

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