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fearful definition
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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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