What is "fearful" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "fearful": experiencing or showing fear

Adjective

Pronunciation in UK: /ˈfɪəfəl/

Meaning of "fearful": causing fear or dread or terror

Adjective

Pronunciation in UK: /ˈfɪəfəl/

Meaning of "fearful": lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted

Adjective

Pronunciation in UK: /ˈfɪəfəl/

Meaning of "fearful": extremely distressing

Adjective

Pronunciation in UK: /ˈfɪəfəl/

Meaning of "fearful": timid by nature or revealing timidity

Adjective

Pronunciation in UK: /ˈfɪəfəl/

Synonyms:

shy, timid, afraid, hesitant, nervous, scared, anxious, uneasy, tense, agitated, jittery, frightened, skittish, panicky, aghast, chicken, diffident, disturbed, fainthearted, intimidated, jumpy, lily-livered, mousy, nerveless, nervy, perturbed, phobic, pusillanimous, shaky, sheepish, shrinking, solicitous, spineless, timorous, tremulous, unmanly, worried, yellow, chickenhearted, quivery, aflutter, discomposed, disquieted, goose-bumpy, have cold feet, in a dither, rabbity, running scared, weak-kneed, appalling, astounding, atrocious, awful, baleful, creepy, dire, distressing, dreadful, eerie, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grievous, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, hideous, horrible, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, overwhelming, redoubtable, shocking, sinister, strange, sublime, terrible, tremendous, unearthly, unspeakable, bloodcurdling, horrendous, horrific, shuddersome,

Antonyms:

confident, extroverted, brave, fearless, composed, unafraid, laid-back, courageous, pleasant, bold, cool, happy, calm, unworried, easy-going, unfearful, good, nice, inapprehensive, brave, courageous, unafraid, pleasant, bold, unfearful, good, nice, inapprehensive,