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      fearful
      adjective
      Frightening; causing fear.
      Tending to fear; timid.
      (now rare) Frightened; filled with terror.
      (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.
      adverb
      (dialectal) Extremely; fearfully.
      Synonyms for fearful
      timorousadjfrighteningadjfearsomeadjfrightenedadjfrightfuladjdirefuladjafraidadjterrifiedadjscaredadjcowardlyadjdreadfuladjapprehensiveadjfearingvoverapprehensiveadjtimidadjskittishadjintimidatedadjpanickyadjalarmedadjhorrificadjscaryadjterribleadjanxiousadj
      Words related to fearful
      paviddreadedadjaffrightednunnervedadjafeardadjfrightednfearedvunfearingadjfearfulnessnaffrightsnfaintheartpanickedadjworriedadjhorrifiedadjdreadingvfearsnapprehensivenessn

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