fearful

fear·ful

F0060500 (fîr′fəl)adj.1. a. Experiencing fear; frightened: fearful about losing one's job; fearful of a scornful response.b. Inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.c. Indicating anxiety or fear: "Sare faltered, a fearful look clouding her face" (Donna Morrisey).2. Causing or capable of causing fear; frightening: a fearful howling.3. Extreme, as in degree or extent. Used especially of something negative: a fearful blunder; fearful poverty.

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fear′ful·ly adv.fear′ful·ness n.

fearful

(ˈfɪəfʊl) adj1. having fear; afraid2. causing fear; frightening3. informal very unpleasant or annoying: a fearful cold. ˈfearfulness n

fear•ful

(ˈfɪər fəl)

adj. 1. causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful blizzard. 2. feeling fear, dread, apprehension, or solicitude; apprehensive; anxious. 3. full of awe or reverence. 4. showing or caused by fear: fearful behavior. 5. extreme in size, intensity, or badness: fearful poverty. [1300–50] fear′ful•ly, adv. fear′ful•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fearful - experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism"afraid - filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"
	2.	fearful - 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"direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, awful, dire, horrificalarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
	3.	fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelleycowardlyafraid - filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"timid - showing fear and lack of confidenceignoble - completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
	4.	fearful - extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"frightfulbad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
	5.	fearful - timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"timorous, trepidtimid - showing fear and lack of confidence

fearful

adjective1. scared, afraid, alarmed, frightened, nervous, terrified, apprehensive, petrified, jittery (informal) They were fearful that the fighting might spread.
scared confident, undaunted, unabashed, unafraid2. timid, afraid, frightened, scared, alarmed, wired (slang), nervous, anxious, shrinking, tense, intimidated, uneasy, neurotic, hesitant, apprehensive, jittery (informal), panicky, nervy (Brit. informal), diffident, jumpy, timorous, pusillanimous, faint-hearted I had often been very fearful and isolated.
timid game (informal), confident, brave, daring, bold, heroic, courageous, gallant, gutsy (slang), intrepid, valiant, plucky, doughty, indomitable, unflinching, dauntless, ballsy (taboo slang), lion-hearted, valorous3. frightful, shocking, terrible, awful, distressing, appalling, horrible, grim, dreadful, horrific, dire, horrendous, ghastly, hideous, monstrous, harrowing, gruesome, grievous, unspeakable, atrocious, hair-raising, hellacious (U.S. slang) The earthquake was a fearful disaster.

fearful

adjective1. Causing or able to cause fear:appalling, dire, direful, dreadful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible, tremendous.2. Filled with fear or terror:afraid, aghast, apprehensive, fearsome, funky, panicky.Regional: afeard, ascared.3. Very bad:appalling, awful, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, shocking, terrible.

Translations

可怕的害怕的极坏的

fear

(fiə) noun (a) feeling of great worry or anxiety caused by the knowledge of danger. The soldier tried not to show his fear; fear of water. 憂慮 忧虑 verb1. to feel fear because of (something). She feared her father when he was angry; I fear for my father's safety (= I am worried because I think he is in danger). 擔憂 担忧2. to regret. I fear you will not be able to see him today. 遺憾 遗憾ˈfearful adjective1. afraid. a fearful look. 害怕的 害怕的2. terrible. The lion gave a fearful roar. 可怕的 可怕的3. very bad. a fearful mistake! 極壞的 极坏的ˈfearfully adverb 可怕地 可怕地ˈfearless adjective without fear; brave. a fearless soldier. 大膽的 大胆的ˈfearlessly adverb 大膽地 大胆地for fear of so as not to. She would not go swimming for fear of catching a cold. 以免 以免in fear of in a state of being afraid of. He lived in fear of his mother. 害怕 害怕