fearful
adjective
- causing fear; terrifying; dreadful
- feeling fear; afraid
- showing or resulting from fear: a fearful look
- Informal very bad, offensive, great, etc.: a fearful liar
See fearful in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(fîrˈfəl)
adjective- Causing or capable of causing fear; frightening: a fearful howling.
- Experiencing fear; frightened. See Synonyms at afraid.
- Feeling or inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.
- Indicating anxiety, fear, or terror: a fearful, nervous glance.
- Feeling reverence, dread, or awe.
- Extreme, as in degree or extent; dreadful: a fearful blunder; fearful poverty.
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