dready
adjEtymology
From Middle English dredy, equivalent to dread + -y.
- inherited from dredy
Definitions
Characterised by dread.
- A moaning river swelling as it flowed, Whose tide our course to dreadier regions showed.
- Older people, however, and especially those who have what may be called a “dready” disposition, do not call their muscle discomfort soreness and tenderness; they speak of pains and aches.
- […] to this place, where instead of plenty they found want in its last degree, instead of promised fields, a dready wilderness; […]
Resembling or characteristic of dreads.
- According to H. the dreadiest hippies have turned into dressed up ragers and the "kindest" hippie men are mad on sex, passion and illusions.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA