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dread /drɛd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dred] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object)
1.
to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
2.
to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience: I dread going to big parties.
3.
Archaic. to hold in respectful awe. –verb (used without object)
4.
to be in great fear. –noun
5.
terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
6.
a person or thing dreaded.
7.
Archaic. deep awe or reverence. –adjective
8.
greatly feared; frightful; terrible.
9.
held in awe or reverential fear.

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Or perhaps it simply equates to that post holiday, pre-work feeling ,coupled with the realisation that there's still another thirty years to go.

It'll have to be another Chamomile Monday of hand shaking and lying about how much fun I had during all the festivities, lies about useful gifts, merry kisses, and sweet wishes.

And then dread (noun, verb and adjective all squished into one) will rear it's ugly head as my inbox count of unread messages exceeds my current bank balance.

Oh how I wish I was a student again, wake at noon, sip a strong coffee and flip to that half read page while I continue to legitimately feel intellectually miserable.

I think it's time to start playing that lottery again...Drat the next public holiday is in only in March... dread.