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fearfuladjective causing fearthe fearful roar of a lion alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying daunting, demoralizing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, startling, threatening, troubling, trying, unnervingbone-chilling, creepy, eerie(also eery), weirdappalling, atrocious, awful, grisly, gruesome(also grewsome), hideous, horrid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarish calming, comforting, consoling, inviting, lulling, pacifying, quieting, reassuring, relaxing, soothing, tranquilizing(also tranquillizing)nonintimidating, nonthreatening easily frightenedthe stray cat that we took in is still fearful, even around us fainthearted, fearsome, mousy(or mousey), scary, shy, skittish, timid, timorous, tremulous chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, cowardly, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered(archaic), poltroon, pusillanimous, spineless, unheroic, yellowjittery, jumpy, spookyanxious, apprehensive, nervousafraid, alarmed, horrified, panicked, panicky, panic-stricken, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized, unnerved adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, dashing, gutsy, hardy, venturesome, venturous brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic(also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undaunted, valiant, valorousassured, confident, self-assured, self-confidentdetermined, firm, game, plucky, resolute, undeterred, unflinching, unswervingmettlesome, spirited, spunky extreme in degree, power, or effectthe fearful wind and cold simply made being outside a miserable experience acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating, explosive, exquisite, fearsome, ferocious, fierce, frightful, furious, ghastly, hard, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intense, intensive, keen, profound, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent accentuated, aggravated, concentrated, deepenedemphasized, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnifiedstressedexhaustive, thoroughharsh, rigorous, severe light, moderate, soft feeble, weakshallow, superficialmoderated, qualifiedalleviated, eased, lightened, toned (down)abated, decreased, diminished, lessened, reduced, subdued filled with fear or dreadfearful of venturing out onto the dark highway, the stranded motorist decided to wait in the car for help affrighted, afraid, aghast, alarmed, frightened, horrified, horror-struck, hysterical(also hysteric), scared, scary, shocked, spooked, terrified, terrorized chicken, fainthearted, fearsome, shrinking, shy, timid, timorous, tremulant, tremulousagitated, anxious, apprehensive, disconcerted, disquieted, disturbed, funky, jittery, jumpy, nervous, panicked, panicky, panic-stricken, perturbed, skittish, uneasy, upset, worriedphobicappalled, dismayed, startledcowed, daunted, intimidated, unnervedcoward, cowardly, craven, gutless, lily-livered, pusillanimouscareful, cautious, heedful, prudent, unadventurous, wary fearless, unafraid adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daredevil, daring, dashing, gutsy, plucky, spirited, spunky, venturesome, venturousbrave, courageous, gallant, hardy, heroic(also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorousassured, collected, composed, confident, cool, sanguine, sure, unperturbeddauntless, resolute, undaunted fearful, apprehensive, afraid mean disturbed by fear.fearful implies often a timorous or worrying temperament.the child is fearful of loud noises apprehensive suggests a state of mind and implies a premonition of evil or danger.apprehensive of being found out afraid often suggests weakness or cowardice and regularly implies inhibition of action or utterance.afraid to speak the truth in the 14th century |