Dread and Ogre

Dread

Dread noun - Something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason.

Usage example: speaking in public is a perennial dread for many people

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Ogre and dread are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ogre" instead a noun "Dread".

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

Ogre noun - Something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason.

Usage example: the ogre of the standardized test keeps recurring

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Dread and ogre are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dread" instead a noun "Ogre".

old	old dread	old ogre
high	high dread	high ogre
regular	regular dread	regular ogre
true	true dread	true ogre
Other adjectives: real, enormous, mysterious.

OGRE & Dallas Campbell's All Hallows is expectedly creepy, being a horror-themed concept album, but the Drone of Dread piece "Carve" comes out on top, especially the crescendo towards the end.

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Music

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