Dread 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 10 with synonyms, antonyms and parts of speech for IELTS, TOEFL & GRE students in authentic and real context
/dred/ (adj, noun & verb)
Verb: to feel worried and anxious about something, worry about, be frightened of, be afraid of, have forebodings about, flinch from, shrink from, withdraw, get cold feet
Noun: strong fear or worry, anxiety, trepidation, dismay, phobia, alarm, concern, fright, apprehension, panic, foreboding, unease, horror, terror
Adjective: awful, terrible, horrible
Helping patients understand their test results reduces dread
Medical lab-test results don’t have to fill patients with dread.
As discussed in the March 27 Health & Science article “Portals give patients data — and dread,” empowering patients with direct access to their lab-test results is essential, and we who work in laboratory medicine fully support the goal of making medicine more transparent to patients and engaging patients as an integral part of the health-care team. We share the concern, however, that without context or clarity, lab-test results can be confusing for patients and cause undue alarm or panic.
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/
Antonyms: confidence, look forward to
Adjective: dreaded
