fearsome Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
dreadful; direful; horrific; fearful; frightening; terrible; dread; dire; horrendous; awful; dreaded.
- 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
WordNet
Fear"some adjective
Definitions
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Frightful; causing fear Scotch "This fearsome wind." Sir W. Scott -
. Easily frightened; timid; timorous. "A silly fearsome thing." B. Taylor