In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
FEARSOME
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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
fearsome (comparative more fearsome, superlative most fearsome)
frightening, especially in appearance.
(rare or archaic) fearful, frightened
Source: Wiktionary
Fear"some a.
1. Frightful; causing fear [Scotch] "This fearsome wind." Sir W. Scott
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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