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FEARFUL
fearful
(adjective) experiencing or showing fear; “a fearful glance”; “fearful of criticism”
awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
(adjective) causing fear or dread or terror; “the awful war”; “an awful risk”; “dire news”; “a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked”; “the dread presence of the headmaster”; “polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was”; “a dreadful storm”; “a fearful howling”; “horrendous explosions shook the city”; “a terrible curse”
fearful, timorous, trepid
(adjective) timid by nature or revealing timidity; “timorous little mouse”; “in a timorous tone”; “cast fearful glances at the large dog”
cowardly, fearful
(adjective) lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; “cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then”- P.B.Shelley
fearful, frightful
(adjective) extremely distressing; “fearful slum conditions”; “a frightful mistake”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
fearful (comparative fearfuller or fearfuler or more fearful, superlative most fearful)
Frightening.
Tending to fear; timid.
(dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.
(now rare) Frightened; filled with terror.
Synonyms
• (frightened): frightened, timid, timorous
• See also afraid and cowardly
Adverb
fearful (comparative more fearful, superlative most fearful)
(dialect) Extremely; fearfully.
Anagrams
• Lauffer
Source: Wiktionary
Fear"ful, a.
1. Full of fera, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened. Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful amidat all their power. Bp. Warburton.
2. inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid. What man is there that is fearful and fain-hearted Deut. xx. 8.
3. Indicating, or caused by, fear. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. Shak.
4. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful. This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy God. Deut. xxviii. 58. Death is a fearful thing. Shak. In dreams they fearful precipices tread. Dryden.
Syn.
– Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; ho
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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