FEARFULNESS

fearfulness

(noun) the trait of being afraid

fear, fearfulness, fright

(noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fearfulness (usually uncountable, plural fearfulnesses)

The quality of being fearful.

Source: Wiktionary


Fear"ful*ness, n.

Definition: The state of being fearful.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 October 2024

EYELESS

(adjective) lacking eyes or eyelike features; “eyeless fish that evolved in dark caves”; “an eyeless needle”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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