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fearful

fear·ful

fearful

 
pronunciation:
fir fl
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part of speech: adjective
definition 1: feeling fear; afraid.
She was fearful of traveling by airplane.
antonyms:
daring, fearless, undaunted
similar words:
afraid, apprehensive, nervous, scared, timid
definition 2: causing or likely to cause fear.
A fearful storm is coming.
antonyms:
reassuring
similar words:
dire, dread, dreadful, ghastly, terrible
derivations: fearfully (adv.), fearfulness (n.)
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