fearful
pronunciation
How to pronounce fearful in British English:
UK [ˈfɪəfl]
How to pronounce fearful in American English:
US [ˈfɪrfl]
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- Adjective:
- causing fear or dread or terror
- lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
- extremely distressing
- timid by nature or revealing timidity
- experiencing or showing fear
Word Origin
- fearful (adj.)
- mid-14c., "causing fear," from fear (n.) + -ful. Meaning "full of fear, timid" (now less common) also is from mid-14c. As a mere emphatic, from 1630s. Related: Fearfully; fearfulness.
Synonym
grisly awful dire horrendous horrible redoubtable horrifying alarming dread creepy grim distressing formidable terrifying scary nightmarish fearsome rending frightful dreadful terrible shocking chilling
Antonym
Example
- 1. To windows users , the command line is a fearful place .
- 2. In soviet times telling the truth required great courage and brought fearful consequences .
- 3. The mind creates harsh realities , it conjures up a fearful future and dreadful past .
- 4. They can make you view people in a negative way or keep suggesting fearful and useless thoughts through the silent voice in your head .
- 5. All those points have been raised in congress by legislators who are understandably fearful of the political consequences of bailing out wall street .