How do you say “dread” in Vietnamese?

“Dread” in Vietnamese is khiếp sợ (to be afraid).

Vietnamese words for “dread”

• khiếp sợListenverb
  Hanoi [xiəp̚˧˦ səː˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [kʰip̚˦˥ ʂəː˨˩˨]khiếp rising sợ heavy

  to be afraid; to fear; to dread

Related Vietnamese words

• ngớpListenverb

  to be frightened; to dread

• kinh hãiListenadjective

  frightened; scared

• kinh sợListenadjective

  very scared

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.