Misdread
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɪsˈdɹɛd/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Misdread is a verb meaning (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To dread.
Meaning
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To dread.
Example Sentences
To auoyd a mischiefe which he misdreaded.
Needs me then hope, or doth me need misdread?
and the Romanes likewise misdreaded that the Iewes should inuade their campe.
"Of that I misdreaded," said he, "for full well wist I that either he would rescue her or else he would die in the field; and, to say the truth, he had not been a man of worship had he not rescued the Queen, [...]"
Word Forms
- misdreads
- misdreading
- misdreaded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dread, disdain, maledight, distaste, dreariment, abhorment.
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