Dread and Nonthreatening

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Dread adjective - Causing fear.

Usage example: every ship on the Spanish Main was terrified of running into the dread pirate

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Nonthreatening is an antonym for dread.

Nearby Words: dreadful, dreadfully, dreaded, dreading, dreader

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Dread is an antonym for nonthreatening.

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Nonthreatening and Dread. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dread/nonthreatening

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Nonthreatening or Dread. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dread/nonthreatening.

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