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Another word for fearful

fearful Synonyms

fearful

modif.

Inclined to fear
apprehensive, nervous, afraid, timid; see afraid 1, 2, cowardly 1.
Causing fear
terrifying, dreadful, shocking; see frightful 1. See syn. study at afraid.

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Another word for fearful

adjective

Causing or able to cause fear:
appalling, dire, direful, dreadful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible, tremendous. See fear
Filled with fear or terror:
afraid, aghast, apprehensive, fearsome, funky, panicky. (Regional) afeard, ascared. See fear
Very bad:
appalling, awful, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, shocking, terrible. See good

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Her large eyes were fearful once again.
Sarah shared a fearful gaze with Connor.
Then a strange, fearful sense of danger terrified me.
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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