fearfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈfɪəf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈfɪrf(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English ferful(l, (Middle English fervol), Middle English–1500s fereful(l, feerful(l, Middle English–1600s fearefull, 1500s–1600s fearfull(e, 1500s– fearful.

Etymology: < fear v. + -ful suffix.

I. objectively.

a. Causing fear; inspiring terror, reverence, or awe; dreadful, terrible, awful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > [adjective]

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > awe, reverential wonder > [adjective]

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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being awesome > [adjective]

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1340–70 Alisaunder 291 Þei lete flie to þe flocke ferefull sondes.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxviii. 17 And [Iacob] dredynge seide, Howe feerful is this place!

1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 267 She shuld be..put in ferfull place in shortyng of hyr lyve-dayes.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlii. 140 When he was in dyspleasure, he had a fearfull chere.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7731 This feerfull freike frusshet into batell.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors ii. f. 10^v A flyinge Dragon..very fearefull to loke vpon.

1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxviii. 58 Feare this glorious and fearefull Name, the Lord Thy God.

a1694 J. Tillotson in Wks. (1820) I. 441 That fearful Punishment..shall be inflicted on them.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 266 My fearfullest Danger.

1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 43 At mid~night's fearful hour.

1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 90 M. de Choulot..made him take a..fearful oath.

†b. Const. to, unto.

ΚΠ

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxvj As his person was fearfull..to his aduersaries present: so his name.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1475 They [Apes] are fearefull..to Birds that make their nests in Trees.

a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 418 A Glorious King, fearful to your Enemies.

a. Applied to bad or annoying things in intensive sense. Cf. awful adj. 1a, terrible adj. 2, dreadful adj. 3, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme > specifically of something bad or reprobated

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hellishing1927

right1958

steaming1962

schwag1993

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 39 The..fearefull stench of the vnburied bodies.

1828 C. Lamb Guy Faux in Elia 2nd Ser. 135 They make a fearful outcry against the violation of every principle of morality.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 112 He complained of fearful thirst.

1884 Christian Commonw. 21 Feb. 440/1 Their fearful departures from Apostolic practice.

b. dialect. Enormous in quantity.

ΚΠ

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. ‘There's a fearful lot o' apples t' year.’

c. adv. = fearfully adv. Obsolete in educated use; in some dialects merely intensive = awful adj. and adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly

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Christ almighty1945

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1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 8 In Angola the people are fearfull blacke.

1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. 71 He leakt es if he wor fearful weel pleast.

1862 P. G. Hamerton Painter's Camp I. 42 ‘You see theyve heard tell..'at there's a feefil 'ansome young chap.’

II. subjectively.

3. Frightened, timorous, timid, apprehensive.

a. simply. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective]

affrightedOE

ofdreadOE

afearedOE

offearedlOE

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chickenshit1940

the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective]

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cotton wool1909

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 450 Criseyde..was þe ferfulleste wyght That myght be.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. vi. 1117 Þe femelle lombe is more symple and more fereful þan þe male.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xv. 361 Ha, thef..how ferfull thou art now.

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. B^v With their fearfull tongues they shall confesse.

a1627 J. Beaumont Bosworth-field (1629) 29 Gaine thou some houres to draw thy fearefull breath.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 52 Chubs..be a very fearful fish.

1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. i. ii. 82 But now my fearful People mutiny.

a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 457 Th' impatient Greyhound..Bounds..to catch the fearful Hare.

1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind I. 111 Women are more fearful than men.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxvii. 106 It was a fearful joy..To trace the Heathen's toil.

1831 M. W. Shelley Swiss Peasant in ‘Keepsake’ 125 His fearful family would count in agony the hours of his absence.

absolute.c1400 Prymer (E.E.T.S.) 30 Seynte marie..helpe feerful, and refresche þe soreuful.

b. Const. of (also to with infinitive), or with clause introduced by lest or that.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adjective] > fearful of

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c1360 Vern. MS. Min. Poems 524 Þe lattor þou art of good worching þe more feruol þou shalt be of bi-ginnyng.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2971 Beryn & his company wer..ferefull howe to spede.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 200 I..now grow fearefull..that you protect this course.

1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 270 The Irish are more fearefull to offend the Law.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 101 Somewhat fear~full of our desperate wanderers.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 207 As a man blindfolded would do his hands when he is fearfull of running against a wall.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. 173 Fearful to offend..At awful distance he accosts the maid.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. x. 100 Adeline, fearful of observation.

1798 J. Webbe in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 5 I am fearful that..an attack upon him now is more likely to end in discomfiture.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. iv. 218 This great minister's knowledge of the queen's temper..made him sometimes fearful to act.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. i. 9 She would have..led me in a string..so fearful was she lest I should be polluted.

1879 C. R. Low Afghan War iii. 279 The Afghan chief, fearful of trying an assault, determined to invest the place.

†c. Anxious, concerned; with about, of indicating the object of anxiety or concern.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adjective] > uneasy

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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective]

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1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. iv. 13 His herte was fearfull aboute y^e Arke of God.

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. H8 Thou art fearfull of thy armies strength.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. vi. 88 Edward shall be fearefull of his life.

4. Of looks, words, etc.: Indicating or giving signs of fear or terror.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > indicating or proceeding from fear

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the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adjective] > uneasy > giving signs of anxiousness

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1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras iii. 3 I beganne to speake fearfull wordes to the most hyest.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 135 Cold fearefull drops stand on my trembling flesh.

1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. i. §7. 35 A wavering and fearful assent.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 51 Adeline..threw a fearful glance around.

1814 R. Southey Roderick xiii. 119 Hasty, yet faltering in his fearful speech.

†5. Cautious, wary. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective]

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1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Pii Feareful in prosperitees, and pacient in aduersites.

1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions ix It is fit that..considering the deceitfulnesse of things..we should bring a fearful judgement.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xlviii. 58 The march of the reinforcement was tardy and fearful.

1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 20 Our courts cannot be more fearful..than prudent.

6. Full of awe or reverence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > awe > [adjective]

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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [adjective]

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adjective] > full of reverential fear

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1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 176 A kinde of feareful admiration at the heauen.

1602 F. Davison in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 323 That I to thy name may beare Fearfull loue.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xxiv. 461 Paul saw in him the spirit of loving and fearful duty.

Compounds

Adverbially as in fearful-sounding.

ΚΠ

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 110 If thou their metall by that touchstone try, Which fearefull-sounding from thy mouth doth flie.

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单词	fearful
释义	fearfuladj. Brit. /ˈfɪəf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈfɪrf(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English ferful(l, (Middle English fervol), Middle English–1500s fereful(l, feerful(l, Middle English–1600s fearefull, 1500s–1600s fearfull(e, 1500s– fearful. Etymology: < fear v. + -ful suffix. I. objectively. 1. a. Causing fear; inspiring terror, reverence, or awe; dreadful, terrible, awful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > [adjective] doubtousa1300 frightya1325 adoubtedc1330 carefulc1340 fearful1340 redoubted1385 doubtful1397 ydouted1399 redoubt1417 redoubtable1421 doubtablec1430 ferdly1440 doubtedc1485 formidable1508 flaited1565 aghasting1593 feared1599 flesh-amazing1679 frightsomea1689 effroyable1689 frightening1715 fearsome1768 fleysome1790 intimidatinga1812 fearable1886 scarifying1916 badass1955 bad-assed1962 superbad1970 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > awe, reverential wonder > [adjective] grureful?c1225 fearful1340 ferdfulc1380 awfula1400 grisleda1400 gruesome1570 awesome1578 tremend1581 awed1591 tremendous1632 mystic1842 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being awesome > [adjective] awfulc1175 grureful?c1225 fearful1340 ferdfulc1380 grisleda1400 dread1420 dreaded1556 tremblable1560 gruesome1570 awesome1578 tremend1581 awing1589 tremendous1632 aweda1656 awous?1675 1340–70 Alisaunder 291 Þei lete flie to þe flocke ferefull sondes. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxviii. 17 And [Iacob] dredynge seide, Howe feerful is this place! 1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 267 She shuld be..put in ferfull place in shortyng of hyr lyve-dayes. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlii. 140 When he was in dyspleasure, he had a fearfull chere. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7731 This feerfull freike frusshet into batell. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors ii. f. 10^v A flyinge Dragon..very fearefull to loke vpon. 1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxviii. 58 Feare this glorious and fearefull Name, the Lord Thy God. View more context for this quotation a1694 J. Tillotson in Wks. (1820) I. 441 That fearful Punishment..shall be inflicted on them. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 266 My fearfullest Danger. 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 43 At mid~night's fearful hour. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 90 M. de Choulot..made him take a..fearful oath. †b. Const. to, unto. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxvj As his person was fearfull..to his aduersaries present: so his name. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1475 They [Apes] are fearefull..to Birds that make their nests in Trees. a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 418 A Glorious King, fearful to your Enemies. 2. a. Applied to bad or annoying things in intensive sense. Cf. awful adj. 1a, terrible adj. 2, dreadful adj. 3, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme > specifically of something bad or reprobated woefula1400 mortalc1425 preciousc1475 fine1559 trim1569 gay1581 unconscionable1590 pocky1601 abominable1612 fearful1634 handsome1638 plaguey1694 dreadful1700 awfy1724 murrain1728 diabolical1750 deuced1782 dire1836 sinful1863 sodding1881 blooming1882 flaming1895 ruddy1896 abysmal1904 awful1916 hellishing1927 right1958 steaming1962 schwag1993 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 39 The..fearefull stench of the vnburied bodies. 1828 C. Lamb Guy Faux in Elia 2nd Ser. 135 They make a fearful outcry against the violation of every principle of morality. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 112 He complained of fearful thirst. 1884 Christian Commonw. 21 Feb. 440/1 Their fearful departures from Apostolic practice. b. dialect. Enormous in quantity. ΚΠ 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. ‘There's a fearful lot o' apples t' year.’ c. adv. = fearfully adv. Obsolete in educated use; in some dialects merely intensive = awful adj. and adv. 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Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 8 In Angola the people are fearfull blacke. 1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. 71 He leakt es if he wor fearful weel pleast. 1862 P. G. Hamerton Painter's Camp I. 42 ‘You see theyve heard tell..'at there's a feefil 'ansome young chap.’ II. subjectively. 3. Frightened, timorous, timid, apprehensive. a. simply. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] affrightedOE ofdreadOE afearedOE offearedlOE radc1175 frightya1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 afraidc1380 frayeda1400 wrotha1400 afearc1410 ghastful1422 fleyedc1425 afleyeda1500 a flighta1535 effrayed1553 flight-given?1611 hareda1618 frighted1647 affrightened1649 frighteneda1721 scared1725 intimidated1727 frightsome1827 scary1827 funked1831 fearing1837 funked out1859 fearsome1863 chickenshit1940 the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] arghc885 unboldc897 bletheOE feyOE frightfula1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 ferdfula1382 palea1393 ferdya1400 ghastful1422 tremblingc1430 timorousc1450 cremeuse1477 craintive1490 cocklea1500 sheepish?1518 awfula1522 meticulousc1540 timidc1550 sheepa1556 tremebundc1560 timorsomec1600 tremulous1611 pigeon-hearteda1625 affrightful1631 formidolous1656 pavid1656 timidous1658 unsupported1694 tender-nosed1700 scary1773 pippin-hearted1809 kitten-hearted1831 funky1835 misventurous1849 milksoppish1852 tender-footed1854 fearsome1863 scare1885 milksoppy1886 milksopping1888 cotton wool1909 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 450 Criseyde..was þe ferfulleste wyght That myght be. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. vi. 1117 Þe femelle lombe is more symple and more fereful þan þe male. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xv. 361 Ha, thef..how ferfull thou art now. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. B^v With their fearfull tongues they shall confesse. a1627 J. Beaumont Bosworth-field (1629) 29 Gaine thou some houres to draw thy fearefull breath. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 52 Chubs..be a very fearful fish. View more context for this quotation 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. i. ii. 82 But now my fearful People mutiny. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 457 Th' impatient Greyhound..Bounds..to catch the fearful Hare. 1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind I. 111 Women are more fearful than men. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxvii. 106 It was a fearful joy..To trace the Heathen's toil. 1831 M. W. Shelley Swiss Peasant in ‘Keepsake’ 125 His fearful family would count in agony the hours of his absence. absolute.c1400 Prymer (E.E.T.S.) 30 Seynte marie..helpe feerful, and refresche þe soreuful. b. Const. of (also to with infinitive), or with clause introduced by lest or that. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adjective] > fearful of fearfulc1360 c1360 Vern. MS. Min. Poems 524 Þe lattor þou art of good worching þe more feruol þou shalt be of bi-ginnyng. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2971 Beryn & his company wer..ferefull howe to spede. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 200 I..now grow fearefull..that you protect this course. View more context for this quotation 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 270 The Irish are more fearefull to offend the Law. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 101 Somewhat fear~full of our desperate wanderers. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 207 As a man blindfolded would do his hands when he is fearfull of running against a wall. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. 173 Fearful to offend..At awful distance he accosts the maid. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. x. 100 Adeline, fearful of observation. 1798 J. Webbe in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 5 I am fearful that..an attack upon him now is more likely to end in discomfiture. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. iv. 218 This great minister's knowledge of the queen's temper..made him sometimes fearful to act. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. i. 9 She would have..led me in a string..so fearful was she lest I should be polluted. 1879 C. R. Low Afghan War iii. 279 The Afghan chief, fearful of trying an assault, determined to invest the place. †c. Anxious, concerned; with about, of indicating the object of anxiety or concern. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adjective] > uneasy fordrevedc1175 unquemea1400 fearful1535 anxious1548 qualming1576 uneasy1680 scrupulous1851 fidgeting1855 hinky1956 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] busyOE howful970 carefulOE angerful?c1225 yemelichc1275 thoughtfulc1300 anguishousc1325 curiousc1400 carkfulc1449 solicitate?a1475 solicit?1526 fearful1535 anxious1548 carking1567 solicitous1570 solicitudinousa1682 thoughted1869 uptight1934 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. iv. 13 His herte was fearfull aboute y^e Arke of God. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. H8 Thou art fearfull of thy armies strength. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. vi. 88 Edward shall be fearefull of his life. 4. Of looks, words, etc.: Indicating or giving signs of fear or terror. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > indicating or proceeding from fear fearful1535 timorous1581 timid1634 the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adjective] > uneasy > giving signs of anxiousness fearful1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras iii. 3 I beganne to speake fearfull wordes to the most hyest. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 135 Cold fearefull drops stand on my trembling flesh. View more context for this quotation 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. i. §7. 35 A wavering and fearful assent. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 51 Adeline..threw a fearful glance around. 1814 R. Southey Roderick xiii. 119 Hasty, yet faltering in his fearful speech. †5. Cautious, wary. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] warelyOE warec1000 adviseda1325 averty1330 aware1340 ferdfula1382 well-advisedc1405 circumspect1430 hooly1513 fearful1526 curiousa1533 chary1542 wareful1548 cautelous1574 cauty1579 careful1580 wary1580 retentive1599 wary1599 ginger1600 circumstant1603 cautel1606 shya1616 cautionate1616 warisome1628 cautiousa1640 circumspectious1649 circumspectivea1674 gingerish1764 safe1874 pussy-footed1893 pussyfooting1926 risk-averse1961 risk-adverse1969 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Pii Feareful in prosperitees, and pacient in aduersites. 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions ix It is fit that..considering the deceitfulnesse of things..we should bring a fearful judgement. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xlviii. 58 The march of the reinforcement was tardy and fearful. 1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 20 Our courts cannot be more fearful..than prudent. 6. Full of awe or reverence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > awe > [adjective] dreadful?c1225 dreadlya1250 dreadya1325 fearful1597 awesome1598 awed1607 awestruck1637 awe-stricken1796 society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [adjective] GodfrightOE goodOE ghostlyOE Godfrightya1225 seelya1225 devout?c1225 piteousc1300 spiritualc1384 graciousa1387 godlyc1390 pitifulc1449 inwardc1450 piousc1450 evangelica1475 servantly1503 obedientiala1513 Christian1526 well-believing1529 God-fearing1548 resigneda1555 heavenly minded1569 timorate1570 Godfull1593 pious1595 fearful1597 devoutful1598 devotea1625 serious1684 unctuous1742 theopathetic1749 fire-spirited1845 theopathic1846 unctional1849 interior1854 devotionate1864 sacramental1874 pi1891 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adjective] > full of reverential fear dreadful?c1225 dreadlya1250 dreadya1325 awful1597 fearful1597 awesome1598 awed1607 awestruck1637 awe-stricken1796 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 176 A kinde of feareful admiration at the heauen. 1602 F. Davison in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 323 That I to thy name may beare Fearfull loue. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xxiv. 461 Paul saw in him the spirit of loving and fearful duty. Compounds Adverbially as in fearful-sounding. ΚΠ 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 110 If thou their metall by that touchstone try, Which fearefull-sounding from thy mouth doth flie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1340
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