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   Fear·ful

   /ˈfirf(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. feeling afraid; showing fear or anxiety: "bond traders have remained fearful of inflation" Similar afraidfrightenedscaredscared stiffscared to deathterrifiedpetrifiedalarmedpanickynervoustenseapprehensiveuneasyhesitantdisquietedworriedworried sickanxiousnervyinformal:jitteryjumpyin a (blue) funkdialect:fritarchaic:afearedaffrightednervoustremblingquakingquiveringshrinkingcoweringcoweddauntedtimidtimorousdiffidentfaint-heartedcowardlypusillanimousnervyinformal:jitteryjumpytwitchykeyed upyellowchickenin a cold sweata bundle of nerveslike a cat on a hot tin rooffrightened of one's own shadowhaving kittenslike a cat on hot brickswindystressyspookedspookyantsydated:overstrungunquiet
   • ▪ causing or likely to cause people to be afraid; horrifying: "a fearful accident" Similar terribledreadfulawfulappallingfrightfulghastlyhorrifichorriblehorrifyinghorrendousvery badterribly badshockingatrociousabominablehideousmonstrousdiregrimunspeakablegruesomegrievouslamentabledistressingharrowingalarmingOpposite minor
   • 2. very great: informal "he could cause a fearful commotion" Similar very greatgreatextremerealdreadfulinformal:terribleimpossiblerightproper

   Derivatives

   • 1. fearfulness noun

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