The characteristic of being dreadful.

plural of dreadfulness

(colloquial) dreadlocks

A Rastafarian person.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dread

(transitive) To fear greatly. / To anticipate with fear. / (intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear. / (transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.

Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror. / Reverential or respectful fear; awe. / Somebody or something dreaded. / (obsolete) A person highly revered.

Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded. / (archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.

Causing fear, dread, or terror. / Wearing dreadlocks.

simple past tense and past participle of dread