Main entry: fearful
Definition: experiencing or showing fear
Usage: a fearful glance; fearful of criticism
Main entry: horrendous, horrific, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, frightening, fearful, fearsome, terrible
Definition: causing fear or dread or terror
Usage: 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
Main entry: timorous, trepid, fearful
Definition: timid by nature or revealing timidity
Usage: timorous little mouse; in a timorous tone; cast fearful glances at the large dog
Definition: lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
Usage: cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then- P.B.Shelley
Main entry: frightful, fearful
Definition: extremely distressing
Usage: fearful slum conditions; a frightful mistake