Qualities
Synonyms for dread
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
causing fear or dread or terror
The dread presence of the headmaster.
The true synonym
terrible
Same sentence, swapped: The terrible presence of the headmaster.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for dread as it is used in the sentence above.
- foreboding
- discontent
- upset
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Closest first: other qualities words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
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