fearful

fear·ful  (fîrfl)

adj.

1. Causing or capable of causing fear; frightening: a fearful howling.

2. Experiencing fear; frightened. See Synonyms at afraid.

3. Feeling or inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.

4. Indicating anxiety, fear, or terror: a fearful, nervous glance.

5. Feeling reverence, dread, or awe.

6. Extreme, as in degree or extent; dreadful: a fearful blunder; fearful poverty.

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fearful·ly adv.

fearful·ness n.

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fearful [ˈfɪəfʊl]

adj

1. having fear; afraid

2. causing fear; frightening

3. Informal very unpleasant or annoying a fearful cold

fearfulness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fearful - experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism" afraid - filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"
	2.	fearful - 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" direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, awful, dire, horrific alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
	3.	fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley cowardly afraid - filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions" timid - showing fear and lack of confidence ignoble - completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
	4.	fearful - extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake" frightful bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
	5.	fearful - timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog" timorous, trepid timid - showing fear and lack of confidence

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fearful

adjective

1. scared, afraid, alarmed, frightened, nervous, terrified, apprehensive, petrified, jittery (informal) They were fearful that the fighting might spread.
scared confident, undaunted, unabashed, unafraid

2. timid, afraid, frightened, scared, alarmed, wired (slang), nervous, anxious, shrinking, tense, intimidated, uneasy, neurotic, hesitant, apprehensive, jittery (informal), panicky, nervy (Brit. informal), diffident, jumpy, timorous, pusillanimous, faint-hearted I had often been very fearful and isolated.
timid game (informal), confident, brave, daring, bold, heroic, courageous, gallant, gutsy (slang), intrepid, valiant, plucky, doughty, indomitable, unflinching, dauntless, ballsy (taboo slang), lion-hearted, valorous

3. frightful, shocking, terrible, awful, distressing, appalling, horrible, grim, dreadful, horrific, dire, horrendous, ghastly, hideous, monstrous, harrowing, gruesome, grievous, unspeakable, atrocious, hair-raising, hellacious (U.S. slang) The earthquake was a fearful disaster.

Translations

fearful [ˈfɪəfʊl] ADJ

1. (= frightened) → temeroso (of de) to be fearful that → tener miedo de que + subjun

2. (= frightening) → espantoso

3. (o.f.) (= awful) → horrible

fearful [ˈfɪə^rfʊl] adj

(= afraid) → craintif/ive, peureux/euse
to be fearful of sb → avoir peur de qn, craindre qn
to be fearful of sth (= afraid of) → avoir peur de qch (= apprehend) → craindre qch
to be fearful of doing sth → craindre de faire qch

(= dreadful) [sight, noise, condition, shock] → affreux/euse, épouvantable

fearful

adj

(= apprehensive) → ängstlich, bang; he was fearful lest he fail/be discovered (old) → ihm bangte davor zu versagen/entdeckt zu werden; to be fearful for one’s/somebody’s life → um sein/jds Leben fürchten; to be fearful of somebody/something → Angst vor jdm/etw (dat) → haben; I was fearful of waking her → ich befürchtete, dass ich sie aufwecken würde

(= frightening) → furchtbar, schrecklich (inf)

(dated inf: = terrible) → furchtbar, schrecklich (inf)

fearful [ˈfɪəfʊl] adj

a. (frightened) to be fearful of → temere, avere paura di
to be fearful that ... → temere or avere paura che...

b. (frightening, accident) → pauroso/a, spaventoso/a; (sight, noise) → terrificante, spaventoso/a, terribile

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fearful [ˈfɪəfʊl] adj

a. (frightened) to be fearful of → temere, avere paura di
to be fearful that ... → temere or avere paura che...

b. (frightening, accident) → pauroso/a, spaventoso/a; (sight, noise) → terrificante, spaventoso/a, terribile