Meaning

4 senses
  1. Frightening; causing fear.

    furchtbar

    стра́шныйstrášnyj, ужа́сныйužásnyj

    стра́шнийstrášnyj

    causing fear or dread or terror

  2. Tending to fear; timid.

    a fearful boy

    ängstlich, furchtsam, scheu

    боязливыйbojazlivyj

    боязкийbojazkyj

    experiencing or showing fear

  3. (dated)Terrible; shockingly bad.

    furchtbar

    ужа́сныйužásnyj

    жахли́вийžaxlývyj

  4. (archaic)Frightened; filled with terror.

    verängstigt

    испу́ганныйispúgannyj, пугли́выйpuglívyj

Examples

31 sentences
  1. A fearful thought entered my mind.

  2. Fadil was fearful for his own life.

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  3. Ziri became so fearful of that dog.

  4. Oh my God, how fearful I feel today.

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  5. Ziri started to become fearful for his life.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
frightening:
tending to fear:
terrible:
Русский
By meaning 3
frightening:
tending to fear:
frightened, filled with terror:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
frightening:
tending to fear:
frightened, filled with terror:

Origin

From Middle English ferful, fervol, equivalent to fear + -ful.

From Middle English ferful, fervol, equivalent to fear + -ful.

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Forms

more fearful, most fearful
Comparativemore fearful Lesson
Superlativemost fearful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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