Shudder vs Dread - What's the difference?
shudder | dread |
To fear greatly.
To anticipate with fear.
* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
To be in dread, or great fear.
* Bible, Deuteronomy i. 29
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
* Tillotson
* Shakespeare
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Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
* Bible, Genesis ix 2.
* Shakespeare
Somebody or something dreaded.
(obsolete) A person highly revered.
* Spenser
(obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.
A Rastafarian.
(chiefly, in the plural) dreadlock
Terrible; greatly feared.
(archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
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In lang=en terms the difference between shudder and dread
is that shudder is to vibrate jerkily while dread is to be in dread, or great fear.As nouns the difference between shudder and dread
is that shudder is a shivering tremor while dread is great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.As verbs the difference between shudder and dread
is that shudder is to shake nervously, as if from fear while dread is to fear greatly.As an adjective dread is
terrible; greatly feared.shudder
English
Synonyms
* (shivering tremor ): jiggle, quake, rumble, quiver * (frisson ): shiver, quiver, tingle, thrillSynonyms
* (shake nervously ): palpitate, shiver, shake, quake * (vibrate jerkily ): flutter, jiggle, shake, wiggleSee also
* judderReferences
dread
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Verb
(en verb)- I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life.
- Day by day, hole by hole our bearing reins were shortened, and instead of looking forward with pleasure to having my harness put on as I used to do, I began to dread it.
- Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Derived terms
* dreadable * dreadworthyNoun
(en noun)- the secret dread of divine displeasure
- the dread of something after death
- The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth.
- His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, / The attribute to awe and majesty, / Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
- Una, his dear dread
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