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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.
Related forms
fear·ful·ly, adverb
fear·ful·ness, noun
o·ver·fear·ful, adjective
o·ver·fear·ful·ly, adverb
o·ver·fear·ful·ness, noun
EXPANDpre·fear·ful, adjective
pre·fear·ful·ly, adverb
un·fear·ful, adjective
un·fear·ful·ly, adverb
un·fear·ful·ness, noun
COLLAPSESynonyms
2. afraid, timid, timorous, apprehensive, uneasy, distrustful; solicitous, anxious, concerned, worried.
2. afraid, timid, timorous, apprehensive, uneasy, distrustful; solicitous, anxious, concerned, worried.
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Fearfully
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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