| 单词 | fearful |
| 释义 | fearful (once / 186 pages) adj If you're fearful, you're afraid of something. A kid who's fearful around dogs might cry or run away when sees even a small puppy. To be fearful is, literally, to be full of fear. You can also use this adjective to describe the thing that scares you: "I lay awake all night listening to the fearful creaks of the old house around me." Some people are always fearful — it's just part of who they are — while others are only fearful in certain instances. You might be fearful on airplanes but fearless when riding a horse. WORD FAMILYfearful: fearfulest, fearfully, fearfulness+/fear: feared, fearful, fearing, fearless, fears, fearsome/fearing: unfearing/fearless: fearlessest, fearlessly, fearlessness/fearsome: fearsomely, fearsomer/unfearing: unfearingly USAGE EXAMPLESNow, with almost no way to communicate with him, Sovannara’s family waits in Long Beach, fearful that Prey Sar prison may become his tomb. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) Clark’s biggest fear was that others in the group would see how fearful she was. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) Immigrants and minorities are fearful, bigots are emboldened, discourse is coarsened. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj experiencing or showing fear a fearful glance fearful of criticism Syn afraid filled with fear or apprehension 2adj causing fear or dread or terror a fearful howling Syn awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger 3adj timid by nature or revealing timidity cast fearful glances at the large dog Syn timorous, trepid timid showing fear and lack of confidence 4adj lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted Syn|Ant cowardly afraid filled with fear or apprehension timidshowing fear and lack of confidence caitiffdespicably mean and cowardly chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-belliedeasily frightened craven, recreantlacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful dastard, dastardlydespicably cowardly faint, faint-hearted, fainthearted, timidlacking conviction or boldness or courage funkyin a state of cowardly fright poltrooncharacterized by complete cowardliness poor-spirited, pusillanimous, unmanlylacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful ignoblecompletely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose brave, courageous possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching adventuresome, adventurouswilling to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises fearless, unafraidoblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them boldfearless and daring desperate, heroicshowing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort gallantunflinching in battle or action game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunkywilling to face danger lionheartedextraordinarily courageous stalwart, stoutheartedused especially of persons undauntedresolutely courageous valiant, valoroushaving or showing valor resolutefirm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination 5adj extremely distressing fearful slum conditions Syn frightful bad having undesirable or negative qualities |
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