Dictionary Entry

fearful

fearful is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.
2adjective
inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.
3adjective
Indicating, or caused by, fear.
4adjective
Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
5adjective
experiencing or showing fear
"a fearful glance"
"fearful of criticism"
6adjective
causing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"
"an awful risk"
Synonyms
awful dire direful dread dreaded dreadful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible
7adjective
timid by nature or revealing timidity
"timorous little mouse"
"in a timorous tone"
Synonyms
timorous trepid
8adjective
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted- P.B.Shelley
"cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"
Synonyms
cowardly
9adjective
extremely distressing
"fearful slum conditions"
"a frightful mistake"
Synonyms
frightful

Synonyms

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

Common word forms

fearfully fearfuller fearfullest fearfulness

Words from these letters

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