fearful
English
/ˈfɪəfəl/, /ˈfɪɹfəl/
adj
Definitions
- Frightening.
- Tending to fear; timid.
- (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.
- (now) Frightened; filled with terror.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ferful suffix from English fear.
Origin
English
fear
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antifear English
- farlie English
- fear English
- fearable English
- fearer English
- fearest English
- feareth English
- fearfest English
- fearfully English
- fearfulness English
- fearless English
- fearlike English
- fearmonger English
- fearnaught English
- fearscape English
- fearsome English
- germ-fear English
- height-fear English
- microfear English
- night fear English
- night-fear English
- nightfear English
- overfear English
- snake fear English
- spider-fear English
- technofear English
- unfear English
- unfearful English
- unfearfully English
- water fear English
- water-fear English
- feer Middle English
- ferful Middle English
- fear
- fearer
- unfear
- farlie
- feareth
- fearest
- overfear
- fearlike
- fearless
- fearfest
- fearable
- fearsome
- antifear
- fearfully
- microfear
- unfearful
- germ-fear
- fearscape
- nightfear
- night-fear
- water fear
- fearmonger
- night fear
- fearnaught
- technofear
- water-fear
- snake fear
- fearfulness
- spider-fear
- unfearfully
- height-fear