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1 timidus
fearful, timid. -
2 dīrus
dīrus adj. with comp, ill - omened, ominous, boding, portentous, fearful, awful, dread: cometae, V.: quibus nihil dirius: mortalibus omen, O.: tempus: exsecratio, L. — Plur n. as subst: in dira incurrimus: Dira canere, O.: dira alcui precari, Tb. — Dreadful, cruel, fierce, fell, relentless: sorores, the furies, V.: Dea, i. e. Circe, O.: Hannibal, H.: mens, V.: hydra, H. — Dreadful, dire, horrible, awful: dapes, O.: venena, H.: bellum, V.: cupido, insane, V.: sollicitudines, H.: superbia, O.: Temporibus diris, in the reign of terror, Iu.— Plur n. As adv.: dira fremens, frightfully, V.* * *dira, dirum ADJfearful, cruel, awful, horrible; fierce -
3 pavidus
pavidus adj. [paveo], trembling, quaking, fearful, timid, timorous, shy: matres, V.: lepus, H.: aves, O.: ex somno mulier, startled out of her sleep, L.: oppidani pavidi, ne iam facta in urbem via esset, etc., in terror lest, etc., L.: offensionum, Ta.: ad omnes suspiciones, Ta.— Neut. As adv.: pavidum blandita, timorously, O.— Making timorous: metus, O.* * *pavida, pavidum ADJfearful, terrified, panicstruck -
4 timidus
timidus adj. with comp. and sup. [2 TEM-], fearful, afraid, faint-hearted, cowardly, timid: refugere timido metu: nimium me timidum fuisse confiteor: non timidus ad mortem: spes, O.: tergum, H.: timido cursu Fugit, O.: mater timidi flere non solet, i. e. cautious, N.: timidiora mandata videbantur, quam, etc.: timidissime Phineu, O.: timidissima turba, columbae, O.: pro patriā non timidus mori, H.: timidus procellae, H.: deorum, O.— Plur m. as subst: timidos atque supplices odisse, cowards.* * *timida -um, timidior -or -us, timidissimus -a -um ADJtimid; cowardly; fearful, apprehensive; without courage; afraid to -
5 dira
dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).I.Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:1.QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,
id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,
Ov. M. 5, 550:omen,
Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:aves,
Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:alites,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:somnia,
Val. Fl. 3, 59:tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,
Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.deprecationes,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:detestatio,
Hor. Epod. 5, 89:ritus sacrorum,
Tac. A. 16, 8:religio loci,
Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:dīrae, ārum, f.(α).(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:(β).dirarum obnuntiatio,
id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;2.called also Dirae deae, sorores,
Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:II.in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:me mihi dira precari cogis,
to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:dira passus,
Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:b.Dea,
i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:Ulixes,
Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:Hannibal,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:durum,
id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):Afer,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:Amulius,
Ov. F. 4, 53:noverca,
id. H. 12, 188:pellex,
id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:hydra,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:serpens,
Ov. M. 2, 651:victima,
id. A. A. 1, 334:parens,
fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:soror,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:parentes,
Manil. 5, 541.—Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:B.regio,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:facies,
id. F. 1, 553:dapes,
id. ib. 6, 663:venena,
Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:Asphaltites lacus,
Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:scopulus,
id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,
id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:bellum,
Verg. A. 11, 217:nefas,
id. ib. 4, 563:sollicitudines,
Hor. Epod. 13, 10:amores,
Ov. M. 10, 426:superbia,
id. ib. 3, 354:quies,
Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:dira portas quassare trabs,
Sil. 4, 284.—Skilful:in complicandis negotiis,
Amm. 14, 5, 8. -
6 dirae
dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).I.Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:1.QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,
id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,
Ov. M. 5, 550:omen,
Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:aves,
Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:alites,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:somnia,
Val. Fl. 3, 59:tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,
Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.deprecationes,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:detestatio,
Hor. Epod. 5, 89:ritus sacrorum,
Tac. A. 16, 8:religio loci,
Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:dīrae, ārum, f.(α).(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:(β).dirarum obnuntiatio,
id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;2.called also Dirae deae, sorores,
Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:II.in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:me mihi dira precari cogis,
to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:dira passus,
Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:b.Dea,
i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:Ulixes,
Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:Hannibal,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:durum,
id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):Afer,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:Amulius,
Ov. F. 4, 53:noverca,
id. H. 12, 188:pellex,
id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:hydra,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:serpens,
Ov. M. 2, 651:victima,
id. A. A. 1, 334:parens,
fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:soror,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:parentes,
Manil. 5, 541.—Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:B.regio,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:facies,
id. F. 1, 553:dapes,
id. ib. 6, 663:venena,
Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:Asphaltites lacus,
Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:scopulus,
id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,
id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:bellum,
Verg. A. 11, 217:nefas,
id. ib. 4, 563:sollicitudines,
Hor. Epod. 13, 10:amores,
Ov. M. 10, 426:superbia,
id. ib. 3, 354:quies,
Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:dira portas quassare trabs,
Sil. 4, 284.—Skilful:in complicandis negotiis,
Amm. 14, 5, 8. -
7 dirus
dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).I.Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:1.QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,
id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,
Ov. M. 5, 550:omen,
Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:aves,
Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:alites,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:somnia,
Val. Fl. 3, 59:tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,
Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.deprecationes,
Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:detestatio,
Hor. Epod. 5, 89:ritus sacrorum,
Tac. A. 16, 8:religio loci,
Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:dīrae, ārum, f.(α).(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:(β).dirarum obnuntiatio,
id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;2.called also Dirae deae, sorores,
Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:II.in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:me mihi dira precari cogis,
to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:dira passus,
Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:b.Dea,
i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:Ulixes,
Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:Hannibal,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:durum,
id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):Afer,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:Amulius,
Ov. F. 4, 53:noverca,
id. H. 12, 188:pellex,
id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:hydra,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:serpens,
Ov. M. 2, 651:victima,
id. A. A. 1, 334:parens,
fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:soror,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:parentes,
Manil. 5, 541.—Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:B.regio,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:facies,
id. F. 1, 553:dapes,
id. ib. 6, 663:venena,
Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:Asphaltites lacus,
Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:scopulus,
id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,
id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:bellum,
Verg. A. 11, 217:nefas,
id. ib. 4, 563:sollicitudines,
Hor. Epod. 13, 10:amores,
Ov. M. 10, 426:superbia,
id. ib. 3, 354:quies,
Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:dira portas quassare trabs,
Sil. 4, 284.—Skilful:in complicandis negotiis,
Amm. 14, 5, 8. -
8 furialis
fŭrĭālis, e, adj. [furiae].I.Of or pertaining to the Furies, or like the Furies, furious, raging, dreadful, fearful (mostly poet.;II.syn.: furiosus, furibundus, fanaticus): Alecto torvam faciem et furialia membra Exuit,
Verg. A. 7, 415:caput Cerberi,
Hor. C. 3, 11, 13:incessus,
Liv. 7, 17, 3:arma,
i. e. of the Bacchantes, Ov. M. 6, 591; cf.Erichtho,
id. H. 15, 139:furialis illa vox (Clodii) nefariis stupris effeminata,
Cic. Planc. 35, 86:dira exsecratio ac furiale carmen,
Liv. 10, 41, 3:caedes,
Ov. M. 6, 657; cf.:quod pretium speret pro tam furialibus ausis,
id. ib. 6, 84:dens leonis,
Mart. 2, 75, 7:mensae Atrei,
Ov. Am. 3, 12, 39:tollitur in caelum furiali turbine clamor,
fearful, Sil. 16, 320.—In neutr., adverb.:aurigae furiale minetur Efferus,
Stat. Th. 6, 429; Claud. B. Get. 326.—Act., making mad, infuriating ( poet. and very rare):haec me irretivit veste furiali inscium, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: aurum,
Val. Fl. 6, 670:oscula,
id. 7, 254.— Adv.: fŭrĭālĭter, furiously, madly, franticly:odit,
Ov. F. 3, 637. -
9 pavidus
păvĭdus, a, um, adj. [paveo], trembling, quaking, fearful, terrified, alarmed, timid, timorous (perhaps not in Cic.).I.Lit.:(β).timida atque pavida,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 49; Lucr. 5, 973:castris se pavidus tenebat,
Liv. 3, 26:matres,
Verg. A. 2, 489:miles,
Tac. A. 2, 23:pavidus semper atque anxius,
Suet. Dom. 4:lepus,
Hor. Epod. 2, 35:aves,
Ov. F. 1, 400:pavida ex somno mulier,
startled out of her sleep, Liv. 1, 58, 3:ad omnes suspiciones pavidus,
Tac. H. 2, 68:oppidani pavidi, ne jam facta in urbem via esset, fossam ducere instituunt,
Liv. 37, 7, 7.— Comp.: quos pavidiores accepimus, Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.— Sup.:intra mens pavidissima,
Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 27; Sil. 10, 65.—With gen.:(γ).nandi pavidus,
Tac. H. 4, 14:offensionum non pavidus,
id. A. 4, 38:maris,
Luc. 8, 811:lucis,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 293:leti,
id. ib. 1076.—With inf. ( poet.):b. II.Carthalo non pavidus fetas mulcere leaenas,
Sil. 1, 406.—Transf.A.Accompanied with fear or anxiety, anxious, disturbed:B.pavidum murmur,
Luc. 5, 255:furtum,
id. 2, 168:fuga,
Sil. 13, 133:quies pavida imaginibus,
Suet. Calig. 50. —That produces fear, fearful, terrible, dreadful:metus,
Ov. F. 1, 16:lucus,
Stat. Th. 5, 567.— Adv.: păvĭdē, with fear, fearfully, timorously (rare):timefactae religiones effugiunt animo pavide,
Lucr. 2, 45:fugere,
Liv. 5, 39:dicere,
Quint. 11, 3, 49. -
10 furiālis
furiālis e, adj. [furia], of the Furies, like the Furies, furious, raging, dreadful, fearful: taedae: Alecto furialia membra Exuit, V.: caput Cerberi, H.: arma, i. e. of the Bacchantes, O.: vox: carmen, L.: caedes, O.: vestis, driving mad, C. poët.* * *furialis, furiale ADJfrenzied, mad; avenging -
11 horrendus
horrendus adj. [P. of horreo], dreadful, terrible, fearful, horrible: monstrum, V.: silva, L.: diluvies, H.: carmen, L.: adspectu, H.: res relatu, O.: dictu, V.: iuvenis Parthis, H.— Wonderful, awful, venerable: Sibylla, V.: Tectum silvis, V.* * *horrenda, horrendum ADJhorrible, dreadful, terrible -
12 horribilis
horribilis e, adj. with comp. [horreo], terrible, fearful, dreadful, horrible: rei p. pestis: species, Cs.: sonitus, S.: tempestas: leonis māla, H.: horribile est dicere, horribilius, etc.— Astonishing, amazing: horribili vigilantiā esse.* * *horribile, horribilior -or -us, orribilissimus -a -um ADJawful, horrible, terrible; monstrous; rough -
13 metuendus
metuendus adj. [P. of metuo], fearful, terrible, dreadful: metuens magis quam metuendus, S.: metuendos vos praebere, L.: maturis metuendus Iuppiter uvis, V.: belli, in battle, O.— Plur n. as subst: multa ac metuenda minatur, makes many terrible threats, O. -
14 metuēns
metuēns entis, adj. with comp. [P. of metuo], fearing, afraid, fearful, timid, apprehensive, anxious: homines legum metuentes: futuri, H.: virgae, Iu.: me metuentem expendere casūs, anxiously, V.: metuentius ingenium, O.: metuentior deorum, more god-fearing, O.* * *metuentis (gen.), metuentior -or -us, - ADJfearing; afraid -
15 metus
metus ūs (old gen. metuis, T., C.; dat. metu, V., Ta.), m fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety: animus commotust metu, T.: in metu esse, be fearful: mihi unum de malis in metu est, a subject of fear: metum habere, be afraid: concipere, O.: in futurum metum ceperunt, L.: facit Graecis turba metum, puts in fear, O.: Germanis metum inicere, Cs.: metu territare, alarm greatly, Cs.: metus omnīs invadit, S.: ademptus tibi, removed, T.: hunc remove metum... exonera civitatem metu, take away... relieve, L.: metum Siciliae deicere: metūs Tradam ventis, H.: Solve metūs, away with, V.: praesentis exiti: dictatoris: ne popularīs metus invaderet parendi sibi, S.: Caesaris rerum, for Caesar's fortune, H.: quod senatui metum iniecit, ne, etc., L.: Quantum metuist mihi, videre, etc., T.: metus ab cive, L.: poenae a Romanis, L.: pro universā re p., L.: laurus multos metu servata per annos, awe, V.: mens trepidat metu, H.—A terror, alarm, cause of fear: loca plena metūs, O.: nihil metūs in voltu, Ta.: nulli nocte metūs, Iu.—Person., the god of fear, V.* * *fear, anxiety; dread, awe; object of awe/dread -
16 palleō
palleō uī, —, ēre [2 PAL-], to be pale, turn pale, blanch: sudat, pallet: pallent amisso sanguine venae, O.: morbo, Iu.: Palleat omnis amans, must look pale, O.: Ambitione malā aut argenti pallet amore, H.: nunc utile multis Pallere (i. e. studere), Iu.— To grow pale, be anxious, be fearful: pueris, H.: ad omnia fulgura, Iu.: scatentem Beluis pontum, H.— To lose color, change color, fade: Nec vitio caeli palleat seges, O.: fastigia Pallebant musco, were discolored, O.* * *pallere, pallui, - Vbe/look pale; fade; become pale at -
17 pavitō
pavitō —, —, āre, freq. [paveo], to tremble, quake, be fearful: prosequitur pavitans, V.— To have a chill, T.* * *pavitare, -, - V -
18 timēns
timēns ntis, adj. [P. of timeo], fearful, afraid: pariter comitique onerique, afraid for, V.—As subst m. and f: hortatur timentem, the shrinking girl, O.: timentes confirmat, Cs. -
19 timeō
timeō uī, —, ēre [2 TEM-], to fear, be afraid, be fearful, be apprehensive, be afraid of, dread, apprehend: timentibus ceteris propter ignorationem locorum: timentes confirmat, Cs.: cottidie aliquid fit lenius quam timebamus: de re p. valde: a quo quidem genere ego numquam timui: pro eo, Cu.: timuere dei pro vindice terrae, O.: tibi timui, for you, T.: sibi, Cs.: nihil magis quam perfidiam timemus: quos aliquamdiu inermes timuissent, Cs.: nomen absentis, Cs.: numinis iram, O.: Peius leto flagitium, H.: furem Caulibus, a thief for his cabbages, Iu.: de suo ac legionis periculo nihil, Cs.: quod pro quoque timendum, aut a quoque petendum sit: timeo quidnam eloqui possim: misera timeo, ‘incertum’ hoc quorsum accidat, T.: haec quo sint eruptura: tantae magnitudinis flumini exercitum obicere, etc., Cs.: inventis uti, H.: latebras intrare, O.: ni cedenti instaturum alterum timuissent, L.: neque timerent, ne circumvenirentur, Cs.: timuit, ne non succederet, H.: timeo, ut sustineas, I am afraid you cannot stand it: ut satis commode supportari posset (res frumentaria), timere dicebant, Cs.— To show fear, express terror (poet.): timuit exterrita pennis Ales, expressed its fear, i. e. fluttered, V.* * *timere, timui, - Vfear, dread, be afraid (ne + SUB = lest; ut or ne non + SUB = that... not) -
20 tremendus
tremendus adj. [P. of tremo], to be dreaded, fearful, dreadful, frightful, formidable, terrible, tremendous: rex, V.: oculi, O.: Alpes, H.: Carmentis monita, V.* * *tremenda, tremendum ADJterrible, awe inspiring
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fearful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) showing or causing fear. 2) informal very great. DERIVATIVES fearfully adverb fearfulness noun … English terms dictionary
fearful — [[t]fɪ͟ə(r)fʊl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ of n, ADJ that If you are fearful of something, you are afraid of it. [FORMAL] Bankers were fearful of a world banking crisis... I had often been very fearful, very angry, and very… … English dictionary
fearful — adjective Date: 14th century 1. causing or likely to cause fear, fright, or alarm especially because of dangerous quality < a fearful storm > 2. a. full of fear < fearful for his safety > b. indicating or arising from fear < a fearful glance > c … New Collegiate Dictionary
fearful — fearfully, adv. fearfulness, n. /fear feuhl/, adj. 1. causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition. 2. feeling fear, dread, apprehension, or solicitude: fearful for his life; fearful lest he commit suicide. 3. full of awe or… … Universalium