fearfuladjective
uk/ˈfɪə.fəl/us/ˈfɪr.fəl/fearful adjective (FRIGHTENED)
C2 formal frightened or worried about something:
He hesitated before calling her, fearful of what she might say.
She's fearful (that) she may lose custody of her children.
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Afraid
- afraid
- be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights idiom
- bottle
- bottle out
- cower
- fear for sb/sth
- fearfully
- in terror of your life idiom
- intimidated
- panic
- panic-stricken
- panicky
- pants
- petrified
- quake
- terrified
- terror
- terror-stricken
- unconfident
- worst
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fearful adjective (BAD)
UK old-fashioned very bad:
a fearful argument
a fearful temper
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Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- corrosive
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- hateful
- noxious
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- shockingly
- stinking
- wretched
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fearfulness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈfɪə.fəl.nəs/us/ˈfɪr.fəl.nəs/