About The Word Fearsome
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Fearsome
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What's The Definition Of Fearsome?
[adj] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fearsome: alarming | awful | dire | direful | dread(a) | dreaded | dreadful | fearful | frightening | horrendous | horrific | terrible Related Terms | Find terms related to Fearsome: alarming | appalling | awe-inspiring | awesome | awing | bashful | chilling | cowardly | daunting | deterrent | deterring | diffident | disconcerting | discouraging | disheartening | dismaying | disquieting | dreadful | fearful | fearing | fear-inspiring | formidable | frightening | frightful | goosy | in fear | intimidating | jumpy | menacing | mousy | nervous | overawing | rabbity | scaring | scary | shaky | shivery | shrinking | shy | skittery | skittish | startling | startlish | terrible | terrifying | timid | timorous | trembling | tremulous | trepidant | trigger-happy See Also | Fearsome In Webster's Dictionary \Fear"some\a.
1. Frightful; causing fear. [Scotch] ``This fearsome wind.''
--Sir W. Scott
2. Easily frightened; timid; timorous. ``A silly fearsome
thing.`` --B. Taylor
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