fearful

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fearful Definition

• (a) lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
• (s) 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"; "
• (s) extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst"
• (s) timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"
• (s) experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism"

fearful Synonyms

• awful
• cowardly
• dire
• direful
• dread(a)
• dreaded
• dreadful
• fearful
• fearsome
• frightening
• frightful
• horrendous
• horrific
• terrible
• timorous
• trepid