The difference between Dread and Ug
When used as nouns, dread means great fear in view of impending evil, whereas ug means a feeling of fear, horror or disgust.
When used as verbs, dread means to fear greatly, whereas ug means to dread, loathe or disgust.
Dread is also adjective with the meaning: terrible.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dread and Ug
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Dread as a verb (transitive):
To fear greatly.
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Dread as a verb:
To anticipate with fear.
Examples:
"I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life."
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Dread as a verb (intransitive):
To be in dread, or great fear.
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Dread as a verb (transitive):
To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
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Dread as a noun:
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
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Dread as a noun:
Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
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Dread as a noun:
Somebody or something dreaded.
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Dread as a noun (obsolete):
A person highly revered.
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Dread as a noun (obsolete):
Fury; dreadfulness.
Examples:
"rfquotek Spenser"
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Dread as a noun:
A Rastafarian.
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Dread as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):
dreadlock
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Dread as an adjective:
Terrible; greatly feared.
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Dread as an adjective (archaic):
Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
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Ug as a noun (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):
A feeling of fear, horror or disgust.
Examples:
"usex He took an ug at's meht."
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Ug as a noun (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):
An object of disgust.
Examples:
"usex What an ug ye've myed yorsel."
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Ug as a noun (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):
Vomited matter.
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Ug as a noun (Northumbria):
A surfeit.
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Ug as a verb (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):
To dread, loathe or disgust.
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Ug as a verb (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):
To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.
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Ug as a verb (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):
To vomit.
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Ug as a verb (Northumbria, obsolete):
To give a surfeit to.
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Ug as a noun (Caithness, Scotland):
The pectoral fin of a fish.