fearful
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
fear·ful 
[feer-fuhl] Pronunciation Key
[feer-fuhl] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition. |
| 2. | feeling fear, dread, apprehension, or solicitude: fearful for his life; fearful lest he commit suicide. |
| 3. | full of awe or reverence: fearful of the Lord. |
| 4. | showing or caused by fear: fearful behavior. |
| 5. | extreme in size, intensity, or badness: a fearful head cold; fearful poverty. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| fear·ful
(fîr'fəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.
fear'ful·ly adv., fear'ful·ness n. |
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| fearful | |
adjective | |
| 1. | experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism" |
| 2. | 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" |
| 3. | lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley [syn: cowardly] [ant: brave] |
| 4. | extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake" |
| 5. | timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Fearful
Fear"ful\, a. 1. Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened. Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful amidat all their power. --Bp. Warburton. 2. inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid. What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? --Deut. xx. 8. 3. Indicating, or caused by, fear. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. --Shak. 4. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful. This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy God. --Deut. xxviii. 58. Death is a fearful thing. --Shak. In dreams they fearful precipices tread. --Dryden. Syn: Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; horrible; distressing; shocking; frightful; dreadful; awful.
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