fearful in English dictionary

  • fearful

    Meanings and definitions of "fearful"

    • adjective
      Frightening.
    • adjective
      (now rare)
      Frightened, filled with terror.
    • adjective
      Tending to fear.
    • adjective
      (dated)
      Terrible; shockingly bad.
    • frightening
    • frightened, filled with terror
    • terrible
    • Lacking courage.
    • adjective
      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"
    • adjective
      experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism"
    • adjective
      extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"
    • adjective
      lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
    • adjective
      timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"

    Synonyms of "fearful" in English dictionary

    recreant, chickenhearted, alarming are the top synonyms of "fearful" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "fearful" in English dictionary

    brave is the antonym of "fearful" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of fearful

    • fearful ( comparative fearfuller, superlative fearfullest)
    • fearful (comparative fearfuller or fearfuler or more fearful, superlative fearfullest or fearfulest or most fearful)
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