Fearful

English

Adjective

Fearful (comparative fearfuller, superlative fearfullest)

1. frightening
2. frightened, filled with terror
3. terrible

Synonyms

• (frightened): frightened, timid, timorous

Adverbs for Fearful

indefinably; childishly; unusually; unwontedly; nervously; superstitiously; fretfully; foolishly; bashfully; incredibly; unreasonably; morbidly; prudently; dreadfully; naturally; vaguely; perpetually; momentarily; constantly; namelessly; secretly; slightly; excessively; strangely; terribly; prophetically; grimly; tormentingly; pitiably; distressingly; tenderly; gloomily; idiotically; incomprehensibly; groundlessly helplessly; anxiously; uneasily; unutterably unaccountably; inexpressibly; shudderingly shiveringly; darkly; coldly; mysteriously timidly; queerly; curiously; starkly; timorously; genuinely; suspiciously; significantly.

Thesaurus

aflutter, afraid, aghast, agitated, alarmed, alarming, all nerves, all-overish, anxious, anxioused up, appalling, apprehensive, atrocious, awful, awing, baleful, bashful, bothered, chicken, chickenhearted, chilling, concerned, coward, cowardly, cowed, daunted, daunting, deadly, deterrent, deterring, diffident, dire, direful, discomposed, disconcerting, discouraging, disgusting, disheartening, dismayed, dismaying, disquieted, disquieting, disturbed, dreadful, edgy, excitable, fainthearted, fear-inspiring, fearing, fearsome, foreboding, formidable, frightened, frightening, frightful, funking, funky, ghastly, goosy, grim, grisly, gruesome, heinous, henhearted, hesitant, hideous, high-strung, horrendous, horrible, horrific, horrifying, howling, in a pucker, in a stew, in fear, intimidated, irritable, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, loathsome, lurid, macabre, malign, milk-livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, misgiving, monstrous, mousy, nauseating, nauseous, nerves on edge, nervous, nervy, on edge, on tenterhooks, overanxious, overapprehensive, overawing, overstrung, overtimid, overtimorous, overwhelming, panic-prone, panic-stricken, panicky, perturbed, pigeonhearted, pusillanimous, rabbity, redoubtable, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rousing, scared, scaring, scary, shaky, shivery, shocking, shrinking, shy, sinister, sissified, sissy, skittery, skittish, soft, solicitous, startling, startlish, strained, sublime, suspenseful, tense, terrible, terrific, terrified, terrifying, terror-stricken, thumping, timid, timorous, trembling, tremendous, tremulous, trepidant, trigger-happy, troubled, uneasy, unmanly, unmanned, unspeakable, unwilling, weak, weak-kneed, weakhearted, whacking, white-livered, yellow, zealous

Etymology

From fear.

Pronunciation

fîr'fəl

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Translations

frightening

French: effrayant (fr) m., effrayante (fr) f., redoutable (fr) German: furchtbar (de) Latin: timidus (la) m., meticulosus (la), pavidus (la)

Latvian: biedējošs (lv) m., biedējoša (lv) f. Russian: страшный (ru) (strášnyj), ужасный (ru) (užásnyj)

frightened, filled with terror

French: peureux (fr) m., peureuse (fr) f., craintif (fr) m., craintive (fr) f. German: furchtsam (de), ängstlich (de) Italian: impaurito (it), spaventato (it), pavido (it) Latin: timidus (la)

Latvian: nobijies (lv) Russian: испуганный (ru) (ispúgannyj), пугливый (ru) (puglívyj) Spanish: miedoso (es)

terrible

French: terrible (fr), affreux (fr) m., affreuse (fr) f. German: furchtbar (de)

Russian: ужасный (ru) (užásnyj)

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Spanish: terrible, espantoso; tremendo; temeroso

External links

• Fearful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Fearful in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911