To bring about or fill with fear or dread; make dreaded or dreadful.
Infinitivedreaden
Past simpledreadened
Past participledreadened
-ing formdreadening
Full conjugation of the English verb to dreaden (past simple dreadened,
past participle dreadened):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
dreaden
you
dreaden
he/she/it
dreadens
we
dreaden
you
dreaden
they
dreaden
Present continuous
I
am dreadening
you
are dreadening
he/she/it
is dreadening
we
are dreadening
you
are dreadening
they
are dreadening
Present perfect
I
have dreadened
you
have dreadened
he/she/it
has dreadened
we
have dreadened
you
have dreadened
they
have dreadened
Present perfect continuous
I
have been dreadening
you
have been dreadening
he/she/it
has been dreadening
we
have been dreadening
you
have been dreadening
they
have been dreadening
Past simple
I
dreadened
you
dreadened
he/she/it
dreadened
we
dreadened
you
dreadened
they
dreadened
Past continuous
I
was dreadening
you
were dreadening
he/she/it
was dreadening
we
were dreadening
you
were dreadening
they
were dreadening
Past perfect
I
had dreadened
you
had dreadened
he/she/it
had dreadened
we
had dreadened
you
had dreadened
they
had dreadened
Past perfect continuous
I
had been dreadening
you
had been dreadening
he/she/it
had been dreadening
we
had been dreadening
you
had been dreadening
they
had been dreadening
Future simple
I
will dreaden
you
will dreaden
he/she/it
will dreaden
we
will dreaden
you
will dreaden
they
will dreaden
Future continuous
I
will be dreadening
you
will be dreadening
he/she/it
will be dreadening
we
will be dreadening
you
will be dreadening
they
will be dreadening
Future perfect
I
will have dreadened
you
will have dreadened
he/she/it
will have dreadened
we
will have dreadened
you
will have dreadened
they
will have dreadened
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been dreadening
you
will have been dreadening
he/she/it
will have been dreadening
we
will have been dreadening
you
will have been dreadening
they
will have been dreadening
Conditional
Present
I
would dreaden
you
would dreaden
he/she/it
would dreaden
we
would dreaden
you
would dreaden
they
would dreaden
Present continuous
I
would be dreadening
you
would be dreadening
he/she/it
would be dreadening
we
would be dreadening
you
would be dreadening
they
would be dreadening
Perfect
I
would have dreadened
you
would have dreadened
he/she/it
would have dreadened
we
would have dreadened
you
would have dreadened
they
would have dreadened
Perfect continuous
I
would have been dreadening
you
would have been dreadening
he/she/it
would have been dreadening
we
would have been dreadening
you
would have been dreadening
they
would have been dreadening
Subjunctive
Present
that I
dreaden
that you
dreaden
that he/she/it
dreaden
that we
dreaden
that you
dreaden
that they
dreaden
Past
if I
dreadened
if you
dreadened
if he/she/it
dreadened
if we
dreadened
if you
dreadened
if they
dreadened
Imperative
Affirmative
you
dreaden
we
let's dreaden
Negative
you
don't dreaden
we
let's not dreaden
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to dreaden
Perfect infinitive
to have dreadened
Present participle / gerund
dreadening
Past participle
dreadened
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