dreading

Definitions

Anticipating with great apprehension or fear.

Feeling extreme reluctance or anxiety about a future event.

Examples

I have been dreading this dental appointment all week.

She spent the entire morning dreading the moment she would have to tell her boss the bad news.

Synonyms

fearing apprehending fretting anticipating with anxiety cowering trembling worrying

Antonyms

welcoming anticipating eagerly relishing looking forward to embracing craving desiring