Thesaurus: fearful

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1. a. Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.
2. a. inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.
3. a. Indicating, or caused by, fear.
4. a. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
5. adj. experiencing or showing fear
6. adj. causing fear or dread or terror
7. adj. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
8. adj. extremely distressing
9. adj. timid by nature or revealing timidity
10. 1. Full of fera, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened. Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful amidat all their power. Bp. Warburton. 2. inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid. What man is there that is fearful and fain-hearted Deut. xx. 8. 3. Indicating, or caused by, fear. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. Shak. 4. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful. This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy God. Deut. xxviii. 58. Death is a fearful thing. Shak. In dreams they fearful precipices tread. Dryden. Syn. -- Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; ho
11. j:100 s. experiencing or showing fear s. extremely distressing s. timid by nature or revealing timidity