Dread in Malayalam
Dread, fear mixed with awe, is ഭീമം (bheemam), a word that also means terrible or huge. The bh is breathy and the ee long. It is literary, familiar from classical writing about the emotions.
Most common translation
Fear, dread, one of the nine aesthetic expressions.
ആ ശബ്ദം കേട്ട് മനസ്സിൽ ഭീമം നിറഞ്ഞു.
aa shabdham kettu manassil bheemam niranju.
Hearing that sound, dread filled my mind.
All Malayalam words for “dread”
- ഭീമം (bheemam) — Fear, dread, one of the nine aesthetic expressions.
- മരണഭീതി (maranabheethi) — Dread of death, far of death.
ഭീമം is fear or dread in a formal register, counted among the classical aesthetic moods, whereas മരണഭീതി (maranabheethi) is narrower and very clear: the dread of death.
Common questions
How do you say dread in Malayalam?
ഭീമം (bheemam) covers dread and fear in formal Malayalam.
How do I say fear of death?
മരണഭീതി (maranabheethi) is the ready-made compound for dread or fear of death.