Word Meanings - DREADINGLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
With dread. Warner.
Related words: (words related to DREADINGLY)
- DREADNOUGHT
1. A British battleship, completed in 1906 -- 1907, having an armament consisting of ten 12-inch guns, and of twenty-four 12-pound quick-fire guns for protection against torpedo boats. This was the first battleship of the type characterized by - DREADFUL
1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. "With dreadful heart." Chaucer. 2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. " Dreadful gloom." Milton. For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth. 3. - DREADFULNESS
The quality of being dreadful. - DREADABLE
Worthy of being dreaded. - DREAD
To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension. When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay. - DREADNAUGHT
1. A fearless person. 2. Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught. - DREADLESSNESS
Freedom from dread. - DREADLESS
1. Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart. "The dreadless angel." Milton. 2. Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure. " safe in his dreadless den." Spenser. - DREADINGLY
With dread. Warner. - DREAD-BOLTED
Armed with dreaded bolts. "Dread-bolted thunder." Shak. - WARNER
One who warns; an admonisher. - DREADLY
Dreadful. "Dreadly spectacle." Spenser. -- adv. - DREADFULLY
In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden. - DREADER
One who fears, or lives in fear. - SUPERDREADNOUGHT
See ABOVE - MISDREAD
Dread of evil. - ADREAD
To dread. Sir P. Sidney.