Shayna Grissom Writes

Drede

Origin: Middle Ages

(a) Fear, fright, terror; also, a fit of terror, a fear; for ~ (of); (b) timidity; — also personified.

(b) Anxiety, worry, uneasiness, concern; haven (taken) ~ of, to be worried or concerned about (sb. or sth.); (b) for ~, for ~ of, for ~ that, to avoid (sth.), lest (sth. happen), for fear of (doing sth.).

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