fearful

(s) experiencing or showing fear
- a fearful glance
- fearful of criticism
(s) causing fear or dread or terror
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, awful, dire, horrific,
(a) lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
- "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
cowardly,
(s) extremely distressing
- fearful slum conditions
- a frightful mistake
frightful,
(s) timid by nature or revealing timidity
- timorous little mouse
- in a timorous tone
- cast fearful glances at the large dog
timorous, trepid,

direful dread dreaded dreadful fearsome frightening horrendous terrible awful dire horrific cowardly frightful timorous trepid

brave courageous

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