dreading in English

verb

1

anticipate with great apprehension or fear.

Jane was dreading the party

synonyms: fear, be afraid of, worry about, be anxious about, have forebodings about, be terrified by, tremble/shudder at, shrink from, recoil from, quail at/before, flinch from, get cold feet about

verb

• fear, be afraid of, worry about, be anxious about, have forebodings about, be terrified by, tremble/shudder at, shrink from, recoil from, quail at/before, flinch from, get cold feet about
• fear

Use "dreading" in a sentence

1. He was dreading his interview with the redoubtable Mrs Fitton.

2. 12 She was already dreading the moment of parting.

3. He pronounced the word Conscientiously to punish himself for dreading it.

4. He's always expectant of the good instead of dreading the evil.

5. 18 I've got an interview tomorrow and I'm dreading it.

6. The party are dreading a repeat performance of their defeat in the last election.

7. In “Apat”, there looms a dreading feeling: lyrics are expository rather than conversational

8. Instead of reacting to the stress by dreading , complai ning , or fretting about the test with friends , take an active approach .

9. It's embarrassing to be called out as older until we quit being embarrassed about it, and it's not healthy to go through life dreading our futures.

10. "I am dreading April fools day tomorrow! Last year the crew got me bad, cream and bustard in hair doesn't go well ." one Twitter user lamented.

11. Richardson’s love for doing laundry is so infectious that readers just might find themselves dreading this mundane Chore a bit less." ―Publishers Weekly "Who would have dreamed a book on laundry could be so entertaining―and educational?

12. Indeed, the material culture of the shire ‘created images of practices that colonists and Anglicizers sought to impose on a dread wilderness or, with more difficulty, a dreading and dreaded native population’ (SP Henry VIII 2: 501; Andrews 1970, pp

13. Broach something (to/with somebody) to begin talking about a subject that is difficult to discuss, especially because it is embarrassing or because people disagree about it She was dreading having to Broach the subject of money to her father.; The report fails to Broach some important questions.