Synonyms:
fearful
Meaning: experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism"
Synonyms:
awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
Isn't that fearful?
A fearful and terrible light!
Let this fearful cup pass from me!
"Spirit!" he said, "this is a fearful place.
They are hazardous to enter, fearful to leave.
But the coroner discovered them, and made a fearful fuss.
Then came the fearful suggestion, were these kettles ever heated?
Only when angry do I utter my fearful, ear-splitting, soul-shuddering growl.
But Just then the boy began to suffer such fearful pains that he became alarmed.
"Oh, Dick!" cried Polly in a breath, with a fearful glance at the boy lying there.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cold War, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording World War I, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Beatles, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hamlet, License CC BY-SA 4.0