fearsome
pronunciation
How to pronounce fearsome in British English:
UK [ˈfɪəsəm]
How to pronounce fearsome in American English:
US [ˈfɪrsəm]
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- Adjective:
- causing fear or dread or terror
Word Origin
- fearsome (adj.)
- "causing fear," 1768, from fear (n.) + -some (1). Occasionally used badly in the sense "timid," which ought to stick to fearful. Related: Fearsomely; fearsomeness.
Example
- 1. So much for labour 's fearsome media machine .
- 2. In libya crowds have risen up against a fearsome dictator .
- 3. Death is a cruel , brutal , and fearsome trespasser into this world .
- 4. Space is littered with fearsome objects , from giant black holes to energetic - ray bursts .
- 5. So far , reform in india has focused on setting its inventive private sector free from the world 's most fearsome bureaucracy .