fearful
20
2.9
- adjective
- /ˈfɪrfl/
- On each face, he saw a variant of the same expression: awestruck, fearful, uncomprehending wonder.
- fearful death
- the most fearful
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Watch on YouTubeI should, I should try and experience that, as fearful as it sounds.
- I should, I should try and experience that, as fearful as it sounds.
- But most things that we fear are not in themselves fearful or dreadful.
- Let's show our our, our, our team, how we deal with scary, fearful business environments.
- But it is so fearful to the people that might have it that they prevent us from seeing it.
- It is not Jews who should fear being in London, it is the people who would make them fearful.
- But it is that starting point that is very fearful.
- So the first couple of beats of doing the speech, I was not very good because censorship does create fearful results which are stoppage.
Examples
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Even if we make it to court it is a dark and fearful world
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It is a fearful thing to lead this great, peaceful people into war.
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I should, I should try and experience that, as fearful as it sounds.
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Spirit, this is a fearful place.
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One night, about 10 years ago, was a fearful noise.
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That fearful sound had been the death cry of our poor ship
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I'm deeply fearful that government would like to drive cash out of our lives.
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Without knowledge, we would be crawling back into the caves, fearful of everything that moves.
Academic text (2011) -
Serbs rarely venture into the Albanian section of town, fearful of abuse or worse.
Academic text (2005) -
The eerie shadows cast by the trees created a fearful atmosphere as night fell.
Synonyms
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1.0
Causing fear or making you feel afraid
248
3.0
Causing someone to feel afraid
243
5.3
Making people feel very afraid
200
5.5
Causing great fear or shock
143
6.9
Very serious, frightening, and needing action quickly
134
3.7
Very bad and unpleasant, often causing fear or shock
116
3.2
Strange and frightening in a way that makes you feel nervous, like a ghost
103
4.5
Makes people feel very afraid and shocked
102
5.3
Making someone feel afraid, nervous, or less confident
79
7.0
Very shocking and scary, causing fear or disgust
58
1.1
Very frightening and causing fear or dread
54
4.2
Causing great fear or worry
34
4.8
Very frightening and likely to make people afraid
27
1.0
So frightening that people feel afraid
13
6.4
Causing strong fear or worry
1
6.0
Making you feel afraid or nervous
1
9.9
Causing great fear or showing terrible danger
1
5.1
Making people feel afraid
1
8.5
That makes you shiver with fear
Antonyms
How Frightening
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fearful comes from the simple word fear plus the ending -ful, which means 'full of'. So when something is called fearful it is 'full of' fear and can be very frightening or terrible.