单词 | fearful |
释义 | fearful —fearfully, adv. —fearfulness, n. /fear"feuhl/, adj. 1. causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition. 2. feeling fear, dread, apprehension, or solicitude: fearful for his life; fearful lest he commit suicide. 3. full of awe or reverence: fearful of the Lord. 4. showing or caused by fear: fearful behavior. 5. extreme in size, intensity, or badness: a fearful head cold; fearful poverty. [1300-50; ME ferful. See FEAR, -FUL] Syn. 2. afraid, timid, timorous, apprehensive, uneasy, distrustful; solicitous, anxious, concerned, worried. |
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