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