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fearful
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
fearful
(adjective)
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fearful
/
ˈ
fiɚfəl/
adjective
fearful
/
ˈ
fiɚfəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of FEARFUL
[
more fearful; most fearful
]
1
:
feeling fear
He plays the role of a timid and
fearful
clerk.
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—
often +
of
fearful
[=
afraid
]
of
danger
He was
fearful of
being left behind. = He was
fearful
that he would be left behind.
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—
sometimes +
for
She was
fearful for
their safety. [=she was afraid that they were not safe]
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2
:
showing or caused by fear
a
fearful
glance
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3
:
very bad or extreme
a
fearful
waste
fearful
cold
They won the war but at a
fearful
cost.
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4
:
causing fear
I spent a
fearful
night alone in the woods.
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— fearfully
adverb
fearfully
cold
She glanced
fearfully
out the window.
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— fearfulness
noun
[
noncount
]
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