Dread vs. Awe — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dread and Awe
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Dread
Anticipate with great apprehension or fear
Jane was dreading the party
I dread to think what Russell will say
Awe
Awe is an emotion comparable to wonder but less joyous. On Robert Plutchik's wheel of emotions awe is modeled as a combination of surprise and fear.
Dread
Regard with great awe or reverence
The man whom Henry dreaded as the future champion of English freedom
Awe
A feeling of respect or reverence mixed with dread and wonder, often inspired by something majestic or powerful
"There was a fierce purpose in the gale ... that seemed directed at him, and made him hold his breath in awe" (Joseph Conrad).
Dread
Great fear or apprehension
I used to have a dread of Friday afternoons
The thought of returning to London filled her with dread
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Awe
The power to inspire dread.
Dread
A sudden take-off and flight of a flock of gulls or other birds
Flocks of wood sandpiper, often excitable, noisy, and given to dreads
Awe
Dread.
Dread
A person with dreadlocks
The band appeals to dreads and baldheads alike
Awe
To fill with awe
Tourists who are awed by the ancient monument.
Dread
Greatly feared; dreadful
He was stricken with the dread disease and died
Awe
A feeling of fear and reverence.
Dread
Regarded with awe; greatly revered
That dread being we dare oppose
Awe
A feeling of amazement.
Dread
To be in terror of; fear intensely
"What I most dreaded as a child was the close danger of the atomic bomb" (James Carroll).
Awe
(archaic) Power to inspire awe.
Dread
To anticipate with alarm, distaste, or reluctance
We dreaded the long drive home.
Awe
(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
Dread
(Archaic) To hold in awe or reverence.
Awe
(transitive) To control by inspiring dread.
Dread
To be very afraid.
Awe
Dread; great fear mingled with respect.
His frown was full of terror, and his voiceShook the delinquent with such fits of awe.
Dread
Profound fear; terror
"the dread of a fire that would end not just my life but everyone else's" (Jan Clausen).
Awe
The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
There is an awe in mortals' joy,A deep mysterious fear.
To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe.
The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe - the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power.
Dread
Fearful or anxious anticipation
The dread of saying something foolish on stage.
Awe
To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
That same eye whose bend doth awe the world.
His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders.
Dread
An instance of fear or fearful anticipation
His dreads about school finally subsided.
Awe
An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration;
He stared over the edge with a feeling of awe
Dread
A source of fear, awe, or reverence
The author's greatest dread is that the book will go unnoticed.
Awe
A profound emotion inspired by a deity;
The fear of God
Dread
A dreadlock
She wears her hair in dreads.
Awe
Inspire awe in;
The famous professor awed the undergraduates
Dread
A person who wears dreadlocks.
Dread
(Archaic) Awe; reverence.
Dread
Causing terror or fear
A dread disease. See Usage Note below.
Dread
Inspiring awe
The dread presence of the headmaster.
Dread
(transitive) To fear greatly.
Dread
To anticipate with fear.
I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life.
Dread
(intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.
Dread
(transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
Dread
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
My visit to the doctor is filling me with dread.
Dread
Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
Dread
Somebody or something dreaded.
Dread
(obsolete) A person highly revered.
Dread
(obsolete) fury; dreadfulness.
Dread
A Rastafarian.
Dread
Clip of dreadlock
Dread
Clip of dreadnought
The Royal Navy sent six dreads and four BCs to intercept the German raiding force.
Dread
; greatly feared; dreaded.
Dread
(archaic) awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
Dread
To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.
When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind.
Dread
To be in dread, or great fear.
Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Dread
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
The secret dread of divine displeasure.
The dread of something after death.
Dread
Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth.
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,The attribute to awe and majesty,Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
Dread
An object of terrified apprehension.
Dread
A person highly revered.
Dread
Fury; dreadfulness.
Dread
Doubt; as, out of dread.
Dread
Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
A dread eternity! how surely mine.
Dread
Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.
Dread
Fearful expectation or anticipation;
The student looked around the examination room with apprehension
Dread
Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of;
I fear the winters in Moscow
We should not fear the Communists!
Dread
Causing fear or dread or terror;
The awful war
An awful risk
Dire news
A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
The dread presence of the headmaster
Polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
A dreadful storm
A fearful howling
Horrendous explosions shook the city
A terrible curse
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