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dreadsome

adj

Etymology

From dread + -some.

  1. inherited from *andarādan✻
  2. inherited from drǣdan — “to fear, dread”
  3. inherited from dreden
  4. suffixed as dreadsome — “dread + some”

Definitions

  1. Marked by dread

    Marked by dread; dreadful; alarming.

    • But the dreadsome must evidently be of a nature we cannot do anything about.
    • In advance of it two dreadsome young men [Archangels Michael and Gabriel] glided through the air with unsheathed swords threatening the Muslim regiments. At that moment we recognized them.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA