Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dread \Dread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dreaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Dreading}.] [AS. dr?dan, in comp.; akin to OS. dr[=a]dan,
   OHG. tr[=a]tan, both only in comp.]
   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.                                    --Macaulay.

Source : WordNet®

dreaded
     adj : 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" [syn: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)}, {dreadful},
            {fearful}, {fearsome}, {frightening}, {horrendous}, {horrific},
            {terrible}]