fearful, apprehensive, afraid mean disturbed by fear. fearful implies often a timorous or worrying temperament.

Fearful definition: causing or apt to cause fear; frightening.. See examples of FEARFUL used in a sentence.

fearfulness (Definition of fearful from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Definition of fearful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. scared, afraid, alarmed, frightened, nervous, terrified, apprehensive, petrified, jittery (informal) They were fearful that the fighting might spread.

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extreme in size, intensity, or badness:[before a noun] a fearful blizzard. frightening: a fearful apparition. feeling fear, dread, apprehension, or solicitude: fearful for his life; fearful lest he …