1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [Obs.] "With dreadful heart." Chaucer.

2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. " Dreadful gloom." Milton.

For all things are less dreadful than they seem.
Wordsworth.

3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. [Obs.] "God's dreadful law." Shak.

Syn. — Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See Frightful.

Dreadfully
(Dread"ful*ly) adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden.

Dreadfulness
(Dread"ful*ness), n. The quality of being dreadful.

Dreadingly
(Dread"ing*ly), adv. With dread. Warner.

Dreadless
(Dread"less), a.

1. Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart. "The dreadless angel." Milton.

2. Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure. " safe in his dreadless den." Spenser.

Dreadless
(Dread"less), adv. Without doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dreadlessness
(Dread"less*ness), n. Freedom from dread.

Dreadly
(Dread"ly), a. Dreadful. [Obs.] "Dreadly spectacle." Spenser.adv. With dread. [Obs.] "Dreadly to shake." Sylvester

Dreadnaught
(Dread"naught`) n.

1. A fearless person.

2. Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught.

Dream
(Dream) n. [Akin to OS. drom, D. droom, G. traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dröm; cf. G. trügen to deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dreám joy, gladness, and OS. drom joy are, perh., different words; cf. Gr. qry^los noise.]

1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes.
Dryden.

I had a dream which was not all a dream.
Byron.

2. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; — in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.

There sober thought pursued the amusing theme,
Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream.
Pope.

It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose.
J. C. Shairp.

Dream
(Dream), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dreamed (dremd) or Dreamt (dremt); p. pr. & vb. n. Dreaming.] [Cf. AS. dreman, dryman, to rejoice. See Dream, n.]


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