Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fearful"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fearful \Fear"ful\, a.
1. Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.

Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful amidat
all their power. --Bp.
Warburton.

2. inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage;
timid.

What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted?
--Deut. xx. 8.

3. Indicating, or caused by, fear.

Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh.
--Shak.

4. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror;
terrible; frightful; dreadful.

This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy God.
--Deut.
xxviii. 58.

Death is a fearful thing. --Shak.

In dreams they fearful precipices tread. --Dryden.

Syn: Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; horrible;
distressing; shocking; frightful; dreadful; awful.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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},
{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},
{coward(a)}] [ant: {brave}]
4: extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a
frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst" [syn: {frightful},
{terrible}]
5: timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little
mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the
large dog" [syn: {timorous}, {trepid}]


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