Read the dictionary definition of dreaded. All definitions for this word.
1. causing fear or dread or terror
1. the awful war
2. an awful risk
3. dire news
4. a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
5. the dread presence of the headmaster
6. polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
7. a dreadful storm
8. a fearful howling
9. horrendous explosions shook the city
10. a terrible curse