Fearsome

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing or capable of causing fear: "The Devil is a fearsome enemy” ( Jimmy Breslin).
  • adj. Fearful; timid.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. frightening, especially in appearance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Frightful; causing fear.
  • adj. Easily frightened; timid; timorous.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Causing fear; fearful; frightful; dreadful.
  • Timid; apprehensive; frightened: as, “a silly, fearsome thing,”
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. causing fear or dread or terror
    • Equivalent
    alarming   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    frightful    timid    timorous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    frightful    terrify    terrific    formidable    gruesome   
     
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