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[ feer-fuhl ] / ˈfɪər fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fearful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition. feeling fear, dread, apprehension, or solicitude: fearful for his life. full of awe or reverence: fearful of the Lord. showing or caused by fear: fearful behavior exhibited by dogs in the animal shelter. extreme in size, intensity, or badness: a fearful head cold; fearful poverty. Origin of fearfulFirst recorded in 1300–50; Middle English ferful(l); see origin at fear, -ful SYNONYMS FOR fearful2 afraid, timid, timorous, apprehensive, uneasy, distrustful; solicitous, anxious, concerned, worried. SEE SYNONYMS FOR fearful ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM fearfulfear·ful·ly, adverbfear·ful·ness, nounun·fear·ful, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH fearfulfearful , fearsomeWords nearby fearfulFe, feal, fealty, fear, feared, fearful, fearfully, fearless, fearnought, fearsome, feasance Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fearfulThis past election, they were hardly mentioned by Republicans fearful of alienating moderates. It Gets Better—but Mostly if You Live in a Rich, Democratic Country|Jay Michaelson|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Oddly, though, Americans are not fearful enough when it comes to real threats. Ebola, ISIS, the Border: So Much to Fear, So Little Time!|Gene Robinson|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST At first, the doctors write, the villagers were “fearful and agitated,” lacking the basic necessities needed to survive. 1976 Vs. Today: Ebola’s Terrifying Evolution|Abby Haglage|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST How can we speak to their fears in a way that gets them to understand that there is nothing to be fearful of? Even After Hobby Lobby, the Religious Right is Still Terrified|Gene Robinson|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
McCarthy, fearful that Lou might fall, had whispered to Dahlgren, “Catch him if he starts to go down.” The Stacks: The Day Lou Gehrig Delivered Baseball’s Gettysburg Address|Ray Robinson|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST But, happily, this fearful art exists no more to tempt and destroy? Lucretia, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton Fearful that if he put his arms round her, he would feel me, Kathleen raised herself, and allowed him to embrace her. Japhet in Search of a Father|Frederick Marryat This is the reason why all men are fearful; why the whole human race are diffident. The System of Nature, Volume 2|Paul Henri Thiery (Baron D'Holbach) Not a minute had elapsed, such were the fearful powers of this old woman. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official|William Sleeman I see it as a fearful thing, towering, expanding, upheld by the toil and the agony of millions. The Journal of Arthur Stirling|Upton Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for fearful
adjectivehaving fear; afraid causing fear; frightening informal very unpleasant or annoyinga fearful cold Derived forms of fearfulfearfulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fearfulshy, timid, afraid, hesitant, nervous, scared, anxious, uneasy, tense, agitated, jittery, frightened, skittish, panicky, aghast, chicken, diffident, disturbed, fainthearted, intimidated |