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Another word for fearful

Adjective

  1. Causing or able to cause fear

    2. See also:

    fear

  2. Filled with fear or terror

    3. See also:

    fear

  3. Very bad

    4. See also:

    good

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Another word for fearful

Modifier

  1. Inclined to fear

    2. See also:

    cowardly

    afraid

  2. Causing fear

    3. See also:

    afraid

    frightful

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Sentence Examples

  • Her large eyes were fearful once again.

  • Then a strange, fearful sense of danger terrified me.

  • Sarah shared a fearful gaze with Connor.

  • In 1527 Pizarro, after enduring fearful hardships, first reached the coast of Peru at Tumbez.

  • Labdacus and Lycurgus, who offered a similar resistance, met with a like fearful end.

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