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单词 fearful
释义
fearful
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adj

If you're fearful, you're afraid of something. A kid who's fearful around dogs might cry or run away when sees even a small puppy.
To be fearful is, literally, to be full of fear. You can also use this adjective to describe the thing that scares you: "I lay awake all night listening to the fearful creaks of the old house around me." Some people are always fearful — it's just part of who they are — while others are only fearful in certain instances. You might be fearful on airplanes but fearless when riding a horse.
WORD FAMILY
fearful: fearfulest, fearfully, fearfulness+/fear: feared, fearful, fearing, fearless, fears, fearsome/fearing: unfearing/fearless: fearlessest, fearlessly, fearlessness/fearsome: fearsomely, fearsomer/unfearing: unfearingly
USAGE EXAMPLES
Now, with almost no way to communicate with him, Sovannara’s family waits in Long Beach, fearful that Prey Sar prison may become his tomb.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016)
Clark’s biggest fear was that others in the group would see how fearful she was.
New York Times(Jan 12, 2012)
Immigrants and minorities are fearful, bigots are emboldened, discourse is coarsened.
The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)
1adj experiencing or showing fear
a fearful glance
fearful of criticism
Syn
afraid
filled with fear or apprehension
2adj causing fear or dread or terror
a fearful howling
Syn
awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
alarming
frightening because of an awareness of danger
3adj timid by nature or revealing timidity
cast fearful glances at the large dog
Syn
timorous, trepid
timid
showing fear and lack of confidence
4adj lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
Syn|Ant
cowardly
afraid
filled with fear or apprehension
timid
showing fear and lack of confidence
caitiff
despicably mean and cowardly
chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied
easily frightened
craven, recreant
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
dastard, dastardly
despicably cowardly
faint, faint-hearted, fainthearted, timid
lacking conviction or boldness or courage
funky
in a state of cowardly fright
poltroon
characterized by complete cowardliness
poor-spirited, pusillanimous, unmanly
lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
ignoble
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
brave, courageous
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
adventuresome, adventurous
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
fearless, unafraid
oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
bold
fearless and daring
desperate, heroic
showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
gallant
unflinching in battle or action
game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
willing to face danger
lionhearted
extraordinarily courageous
stalwart, stouthearted
used especially of persons
undaunted
resolutely courageous
valiant, valorous
having or showing valor
resolute
firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination
5adj extremely distressing
fearful slum conditions
Syn
frightful
bad
having undesirable or negative qualities
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