Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

Somebody or something dreaded.

(obsolete) A person highly revered.

(obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.

A Rastafarian.

(slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.

(military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.

(transitive) To fear greatly.

To anticipate with fear.

(intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.

(transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.

Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.

(archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.