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fearful


 
  Grep  of  noun  fearful 
  fearfulness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  fearful 
 
  The  adj  fearful  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (0)  fearful  --  (experiencing  or  showing  fear;  "a  fearful  glance";  "fearful  of  criticism") 
  2.  (1)  awful,  dire,  direful,  dread,  dreaded,  dreadful,  fearful,  fearsome,  frightening,  horrendous,  horrific,  terrible  --  (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") 
  3.  cowardly,  coward,  fearful  --  (lacking  courage;  ignobly  timid  and  faint-hearted;  "cowardly  dogs,  ye  will  not  aid  me  then"-  P.B.Shelley) 
  4.  fearful,  frightful,  terrible  --  (extremely  distressing;  "fearful  slum  conditions";  "a  frightful  mistake";  "suffered  terrible  thirst") 
  5.  fearful,  timorous,  trepid  --  (timid  by  nature  or  revealing  timidity;  "timorous  little  mouse";  "in  a  timorous  tone";  "cast  fearful  glances  at  the  large  dog") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  fearful 
 
  5  senses  of  fearful 
 
  Sense  1 
  fearful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  afraid)  ->  unafraid,  fearless 
 
  Sense  2 
  awful,  dire,  direful,  dread(postnominal),  dreaded,  dreadful,  fearful,  fearsome,  frightening,  horrendous,  horrific,  terrible 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  alarming)  ->  unalarming 
 
  Sense  3 
  cowardly  (vs.  brave),  coward(postnominal),  fearful 
 
 
  Sense  4 
  fearful,  frightful,  terrible 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  bad)  ->  good 
 
  Sense  5 
  fearful,  timorous,  trepid 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  timid)  ->  bold 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  fearful 
 
  5  senses  of  fearful 
 
  Sense  1 
  fearful 
  =>  afraid(prenominal)  (vs.  unafraid) 
 
  Sense  2 
  awful,  dire,  direful,  dread(postnominal),  dreaded,  dreadful,  fearful,  fearsome,  frightening,  horrendous,  horrific,  terrible 
  =>  alarming  (vs.  unalarming) 
 
  Sense  3 
  cowardly  (vs.  brave),  coward(postnominal),  fearful 
  =>  caitiff 
  =>  chicken,  chickenhearted,  lily-livered,  white-livered,  yellow,  yellow-bellied 
  =>  cowering(postnominal),  cringing(postnominal) 
  =>  dastard(postnominal),  dastardly 
  =>  faint,  fainthearted,  timid 
  =>  funky 
  =>  poltroon 
  =>  pusillanimous,  poor-spirited,  unmanly 
  =>  craven,  recreant 
  Also  See->  afraid#1;  ignoble#1;  timid#1 
 
  Sense  4 
  fearful,  frightful,  terrible 
  =>  bad  (vs.  good) 
 
  Sense  5 
  fearful,  timorous,  trepid 
  =>  timid  (vs.  bold) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  fearful 
 
  1  of  5  senses  of  fearful 
 
  Sense  3 
  cowardly  (vs.  brave),  coward(postnominal),  fearful 
  =>  cowardice,  cowardliness 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  fearful 
 
  fearful  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  fearful 
  fearful 
 
  Overview  of  adj  fearful 
 
  The  adj  fearful  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (0)  fearful  --  (experiencing  or  showing  fear;  "a  fearful  glance";  "fearful  of  criticism") 
  2.  (1)  awful,  dire,  direful,  dread,  dreaded,  dreadful,  fearful,  fearsome,  frightening,  horrendous,  horrific,  terrible  --  (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") 
  3.  cowardly,  coward,  fearful  --  (lacking  courage;  ignobly  timid  and  faint-hearted;  "cowardly  dogs,  ye  will  not  aid  me  then"-  P.B.Shelley) 
  4.  fearful,  frightful,  terrible  --  (extremely  distressing;  "fearful  slum  conditions";  "a  frightful  mistake";  "suffered  terrible  thirst") 
  5.  fearful,  timorous,  trepid  --  (timid  by  nature  or  revealing  timidity;  "timorous  little  mouse";  "in  a  timorous  tone";  "cast  fearful  glances  at  the  large  dog") 



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