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Meaning of fearful
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fearful
adj 1: experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance";
"fearful of criticism"
2: 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" [syn: {awful}, {dire},
{direful}, {dread(a)}, {dreaded}, {dreadful}, {fearful},
{fearsome}, {frightening}, {horrendous}, {horrific},
{terrible}]
3: lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly
dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley [syn: {cowardly},
{fearful}] [ant: {brave}, {courageous}]
4: extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a
frightful mistake" [syn: {fearful}, {frightful}]
5: timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little
mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the
large dog" [syn: {fearful}, {timorous}, {trepid}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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