[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of:to dread death.Antonyms: welcome", "to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience:I dread going to big parties.", "Archaic.to hold in respectful awe."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to be in great fear."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.", "a person or thing dreaded.", "dreads,Informal. dreadlocks .", "Informal.a person who wears dreadlocks.", "Archaic.deep awe or reverence."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["greatly feared; frightful; terrible.Synonyms: horrible , dreadful , dire", "held in awe or reverential fear."]}]