Syn. -- Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See Frightful.
Dread"ful*ly (?), adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden.
Dread"ful*ness, n. The quality of being dreadful.
Dread"ing*ly, adv. With dread. Warner.
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.
Dread"less, adv. Without doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dread"less*ness, n. Freedom from dread.
Dread"ly, a. Dreadful. [Obs.] "Dreadly spectacle." Spenser. -- adv. With dread. [Obs.] "Dreadly to shake." Sylvester (Du Bartas).
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 (drm), n. [Akin to OS. drm, 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. drm 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.