dreaden means To bring about or fill with fear or dread; make dreaded or dreadful. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
verb
- To bring about or fill with fear or dread; make dreaded or dreadful.“The constant fear of leopards
Creeping into parhaos, dreadens me,
Whims of weather, and a risky life.”