Meaning

2 senses
  1. Frightening, especially in appearance.

    fearsome reputation

    fearsome weapon

    fürchterlich, furchterregend

    страшныйstrašnyj, грозныйgroznyj

  2. (archaic, rare)Fearful, frightened

More definitions
  • causing fear or dread or terror

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Kalman had a truly fearsome reputation.

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  2. I should be fighting less fearsome enemies.

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  3. I've never known you as fearsome as right now.

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  4. He is the most fearsome defender in the league.

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  5. When hell is inside the soul, death is not fearsome.

    ruКогда в душе ад, умирать не страшно.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
frightening, especially in appearance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
frightening, especially in appearance:

Forms

more fearsome, most fearsome
Comparativemore fearsome Lesson
Superlativemost fearsome Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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