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:

Examples

31 sentences

  1. A fearful thought entered my mind.

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  2. Fadil was fearful for his own life.

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  3. Ziri became so fearful of that dog.

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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

  3. (dated)Terrible; shockingly bad.

    furchtbar

    ужа́сныйužásnyj

    жахли́вийžaxlývyj

  4. (archaic)Frightened; filled with terror.

    verängstigt

    испу́ганныйispúgannyj, пугли́выйpuglívyj

Origin

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

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

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

more fearful, most fearful
Comparativemore fearful Lesson
Superlativemost fearful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
(archaic)Frightened:frightenedA2timidC1timorous
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedfearfulness
Derivedoverfearfulunfearful

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fealtyfearA2fearfullyfearlessfearlessnessfearsomeB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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