英语词汇“fearful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fearful

/ˈfɪəfʊl

/ /ˈfɪəf(ə)l/

adjective

1Feeling or showing fear or anxiety: they are fearful of the threat of nuclear war [with clause]: he’s fearful that his career is over...

There's no question that at the time of the abduction she was in fear and was fearful for a period of time.
For example, over the past two decades I was excessively fearful of inflation.
Everyone is fearful for his future, and fear leads people to do amazing, extraordinary things.

Synonyms

afraid, frightened, scared, scared stiff, scared to death, terrified, petrified;

alarmed, panicky, nervous, tense, apprehensive, uneasy, hesitant, disquieted, worried, worried sick, anxious;

British nervy

informal jittery, jumpy, in a (blue) funk

dialect frit

archaic afeared, affrighted

nervous, trembling, quaking, quivering, shrinking, cowering, cowed, daunted;

timid, timorous, diffident, faint-hearted, cowardly, pusillanimous;

British nervy

informal jittery, jumpy, twitchy, keyed up, yellow, chicken, in a cold sweat, a bundle of nerves, like a cat on a hot tin roof, frightened of one's own shadow

British informal having kittens, like a cat on hot bricks, windy, stressy

North American informal spooked, spooky, antsy

dated overstrung, unquiet

1.1Causing or likely to cause people to be afraid; horrifying: a fearful accident...

To the outside world, Chernobyl stands as a fearful accident and a catalogue of gross errors.
It came to mind that Christians who encountered Paul would have found him shocking and fearful.
Economists nevertheless refuse to be alarmed by fearful prognoses of deflation.

Synonyms

terrible, dreadful, awful, appalling, frightful, ghastly, horrific, horrible, horrifying, horrendous, very bad, terribly bad, shocking, atrocious, abominable, hideous, monstrous, dire, grim, unspeakable, gruesome, grievous, lamentable, distressing, harrowing, alarming

2 informal Very great: he was in a fearful hurry

Synonyms

very great, great, extreme, real, dreadful

informal terrible, impossible

British informal right, proper

Derivatives

fearfulness

/ˈfɪəfʊlnəs

/ /ˈfɪəf(ə)lnəs

/ noun ...

Dread, trepidation or even uneasiness suggest a fearfulness that has mostly dissipated.
At its heart is fear, and fearfulness is increasingly part of the experience of life within it.
Emotional impairments may include apathy, irritability, anxiety, fearfulness and depression.

单词	fearful
释义	fearful /ˈfɪəfʊl / /ˈfɪəf(ə)l/ adjective 1Feeling or showing fear or anxiety: they are fearful of the threat of nuclear war [with clause]: he’s fearful that his career is over... There's no question that at the time of the abduction she was in fear and was fearful for a period of time. For example, over the past two decades I was excessively fearful of inflation. Everyone is fearful for his future, and fear leads people to do amazing, extraordinary things. Synonyms afraid, frightened, scared, scared stiff, scared to death, terrified, petrified; alarmed, panicky, nervous, tense, apprehensive, uneasy, hesitant, disquieted, worried, worried sick, anxious; British nervy informal jittery, jumpy, in a (blue) funk dialect frit archaic afeared, affrighted nervous, trembling, quaking, quivering, shrinking, cowering, cowed, daunted; timid, timorous, diffident, faint-hearted, cowardly, pusillanimous; British nervy informal jittery, jumpy, twitchy, keyed up, yellow, chicken, in a cold sweat, a bundle of nerves, like a cat on a hot tin roof, frightened of one's own shadow British informal having kittens, like a cat on hot bricks, windy, stressy North American informal spooked, spooky, antsy dated overstrung, unquiet 1.1Causing or likely to cause people to be afraid; horrifying: a fearful accident... To the outside world, Chernobyl stands as a fearful accident and a catalogue of gross errors. It came to mind that Christians who encountered Paul would have found him shocking and fearful. Economists nevertheless refuse to be alarmed by fearful prognoses of deflation. Synonyms terrible, dreadful, awful, appalling, frightful, ghastly, horrific, horrible, horrifying, horrendous, very bad, terribly bad, shocking, atrocious, abominable, hideous, monstrous, dire, grim, unspeakable, gruesome, grievous, lamentable, distressing, harrowing, alarming 2 informal Very great: he was in a fearful hurry Synonyms very great, great, extreme, real, dreadful informal terrible, impossible British informal right, proper Derivatives fearfulness /ˈfɪəfʊlnəs / /ˈfɪəf(ə)lnəs / noun ... Dread, trepidation or even uneasiness suggest a fearfulness that has mostly dissipated. At its heart is fear, and fearfulness is increasingly part of the experience of life within it. Emotional impairments may include apathy, irritability, anxiety, fearfulness and depression.
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