" dreadful "

 [ "dreadful" ]

1: extremely bad or serious

  * e.g.,  ... there's been a dreadful accident 

 [ "dreads" ]

1: dreadlocks (hair style) made popular by rastas. Got its name from the 'white mans' supposed aversion to them, hence DREAD locks.

  * e.g.,  ... Bob Marley's Hair (may he rest in peace) 

 [ "dreads" ]

1: dread-locks

  * e.g.,  ... nice dreads dude 

 [ "Dread" ]

1: Bahamian slang for man or bey

  * e.g.,  ... mudda sick dread you see dat girl 

 [ "Dread" ]

1: Popular Word, Caribean/Bahamian Roots. Showing astonishment.

  * e.g.,  ... "Dread...I can't belive we won..." 

 [ "dread" ]

1: A Rastafarian. Short for "natty dread" and derived from "dreadlocks."

  * e.g.,  ... "Dread at the controls!" 

 [ "dread" ]

1: A person who sports the ever popular dreadlock hair style.

  * e.g.,  ... One dread may say to another, "easy dread" 

 [ "Dread" ]

1: being dread, mean

  * e.g.,  ... Gerrelle: "Ugh look at the freak, what an ugly ass bitch" 

 [ "DREAD" ]

1: Detroit Rockers Engaged in the Abolition of Disco This was a stunt orchestrated by the Detroit, MI, hard rock radio station WRIF for see above. DREAD members pledged as follows:

  * e.g.,  ... I did have a DREAD card in my youth. (If I still had it I could have made a fortune on ebay.) 

 [ "DREAD" ]

2: "I will never wear platform shoes.

 [ "DREAD" ]

3: I will never wear zodiac jewelry.

 [ "DREAD" ]

4: I will never listen to disco records and/or disco stations.

 [ "DREAD" ]

5: Silk dresses and three piece suits are extremely suspect.

 [ "DREAD" ]

6: A violation of any of these conditions is punishable by 'THE CHAIR'."

 [ "dread" ]

1: mean, cold, heartless, dark

  * e.g.,  ... "fuck that thats TOO dread"