fearful

adj.

1. Causing or capable of causing fear; frightening: a fearful howling.
2. Experiencing fear; frightened. See synonyms at afraid.
3. Feeling or inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.
4. Indicating anxiety, fear, or terror: a fearful, nervous glance.
5. Feeling reverence, dread, or awe.
6. Extreme, as in degree or extent; dreadful: a fearful blunder; fearful poverty.

fearfully fear'ful·ly adv.
fearfulness fear'ful·ness n.

adjective

1. Causing or able to cause fear: appalling, dire, direful, dreadful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible, tremendous. See fear/courage.
2. Filled with fear or terror: afraid, aghast, apprehensive, fearsome, funky, panicky. Regional afeard, ascared. See fear/courage.
3. Very bad: appalling, awful, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, shocking, terrible. See good/bad.

adj

Definition: alarmed, apprehensive
Antonyms: bold, brave, courageous, inapprehensive, unafraid, unfearful

adj

Definition: horrifying
Antonyms: good, nice, pleasant

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IN BRIEF: Filled with a strong emotion caused by expectation of danger.

He was fearful his plane would be late so he would not make his connecting flight.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - frygtsom, bange, frygtelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
angstaanjagend, bang, bezorgd, vreselijk, aarzelend, eerbiedig

Français (French)
adj. - affreux, effrayant, peureux, craintif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schrecklich, fürchterlich, ängstlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τρομακτικός, φοβερός, φοβισμένος, δειλός, φοβητσιάρης, τρομερός

Italiano (Italian)
pauroso, spaventoso, spaventato, timoroso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - receoso

Русский (Russian)
страшный, ужасный, чудовищный, робкий, боязливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - aterrador, pavoroso, terrorífico, atemorizado, asustado, miedoso, temeroso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rädd av sig, fruktansvärd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
恐怕, 严重的, 可怕的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 恐怕, 嚴重的, 可怕的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무서운, 두려운, 걱정하여, 심한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 恐ろしい, 恐れて, ひどい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مخيف , رهيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פוחד, איום, נורא, מאד בלתי-נעים (מדוברת)‬

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