fearful

== English == === Alternative forms === fearefull, fearfull (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English ferful, fervol, equivalent to fear +‎ -ful. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɪə(ɹ)fəl/, /ˈfɪə(ɹ)fʊl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪɹfəl/, /ˈfɪɹfʊl/, /ˈfɪɚfəl/, /ˈfɪɚfʊl/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈfɜː(ɹ)fəl/, /ˈfɜː(ɹ)fʊl/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)fəl, -ɪə(ɹ)fʊl Hyphenation: fear‧ful === Adjective === fearful (comparative more fearful, superlative most fearful) Frightening; causing fear. Tending to fear; timid. (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad. (now rare) Frightened; filled with terror. ==== Synonyms ==== (frightened): frightened, timid, timorous See also Thesaurus:afraid and Thesaurus:cowardly ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === fearful (comparative more fearful, superlative most fearful) (dialectal) Extremely; fearfully. === References === === Further reading === “fearful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fearful”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Lauffer