Dread and Peril

Dread

Dread noun - Suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune.

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

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

Peril noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.

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Dread and peril are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dread" instead a noun "Peril".

Nearby Words: perish, perilous, perilously, periled

old	old dread	old peril
complete	complete dread	complete peril
regular	regular dread	regular peril
genuine	genuine dread	genuine peril
Other adjectives: sheer, deep, obvious, real, constant, great, terrible, dark, social, personal, general, tremendous, greater, greatest, cosmic.

And perhaps the true prime for all manifestations of Earth is the Discworld... Emotion Eater: The peril that piggybacks to Pasadena with the visiting Discworlders is the Shadowing Lemma, a dread, if dysfunctional, multidimensional entity that lives on the brain energies of mathematical geniuses.

Source: Fanfic / The Many Worlds Interpretation

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