Fearsome

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  • adjective. Causing or capable of causing fear.
  • adjective. Fearful; timid.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Causing fear; fearful; frightful; dreadful.
  • Timid; apprehensive; frightened: as, “a silly, fearsome thing,”
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Frightful; causing fear.
  • adjective. Easily frightened; timid; timorous.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. frightening, especially in appearance.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. causing fear or dread or terror
    • Word Usage
    "WEINSTEIN: Well, politics is part of what I call the fearsome foursome -- sex, money, religion and politics."
    Equivalent
    alarming  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    awesome  dismal  feral  formidable  frightful  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    alarming  appalling  awe-inspiring  awesome  awing  
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