[
  {
    "word": "dread",
    "phonetic": "/d\u0279\u025bd/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/d\u0279\u025bd/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/dread-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1749811",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "my visit to the doctor is filling me with dread"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Reverential or respectful fear; awe.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Somebody or something dreaded.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person highly revered.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Fury; dreadfulness.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A Rastafarian.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(chiefly in the plural) dreadlock",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To fear greatly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To anticipate with fear.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be in dread, or great fear.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Terrible; greatly feared.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dread"
    ]
  }
]