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Fearsome

//ˈfɪɹsəm// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    frightening, especially in appearance.

    "fearsome reputation"

  2. 2
    fearful, frightened archaic, rare
Adjective
  1. 1
    causing fear or dread or terror wordnet

Etymology

From fear + -some. Compare German furchtsam (“fearful”, obsolete also “fearsome”); this is more closely equivalent to English frightsome, however.

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