Sự kinh sợ, sự kinh hãi, sự khiếp sợ, sự khiếp đảm

Điều làm kinh hãi, vật làm khiếp sợ

Kinh sợ, kinh hãi, khiếp sợ

Nghĩ đến mà sợ; sợ

to dread falling ill

nghĩ đến ốm mà sợ; sợ bị ốm

to dread to do something

sợ làm gì

to dread that...

sợ rằng...

khiếp đảm

Fear, be afraid of, apprehend, anticipate, flinch, shrinkor recoil from, cringe or quail or blench or wince at, view withhorror or alarm: She dreads any kind of surgery.

N.

Fear, fright, fearfulness, trepidation, apprehension,apprehensiveness, uneasiness, anticipation, alarm, nervousness,qualm, queasiness, misgiving, dismay, worry, anxiety,consternation, concern, distress, perturbation, disquiet,aversion, horror, terror, panic, Colloq cold feet, butterflies(in the stomach), the jitters; Slang the heebie-jeebies, thewillies, the collywobbles: I regarded the history exam withdread.

Adj.

Feared, dreaded, dreadful, terrifying, terrible:Before us, breathing fire, was the dread dragon of the Druids.

V.tr.

(foll. by that, or to + infin.) feargreatly.

Shrink from; look forward to with greatapprehension.

Be in great fear of.

N.

Great fear,apprehension, awe.

An object of fear or awe.

Adj.

Dreaded.

Archaic awe-inspiring, revered. [OE adr‘dan,ondr‘dan]