Synonyms for Fearful | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "fearful" (218 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Adjective(9 words)

dreadful fearsome horrific afeard afeared afraid anxious awful cowardly

aflutter afraid aghast agitated alarmed alarmingall nervesall-overish anxiousanxioused upappalling apprehensive atrocious august awesome awful awing baleful bashful bothered

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chicken chickenhearted chilling concerned coward cowardly cowed daunted daunting deadly deterrent

Noun(4 words)

claustrophobic cowering cravens cringing

Strong matches (65)

deterring diffident dire direful discomposed disconcerting discouraging disgusting disheartening dismayed dismaying disquieted disquieting disturbed dreadful edgy excitable faintheartedfear inspiringfear-inspiring

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fearing fearsome fell foreboding formidable frightened frightening frightful funking funky ghastly goosy grim grisly gruesome heinous henhearted hesitant hideoushigh strunghigh-strung horrendous horrible horrific horrifying howlingin a puckerin a stewin fearinsecure intimidated irritable jittery jumpy

Adjective(8 words)

dire direful dread dreaded frightened frightening frightful horrendous

Noun(2 words)

dreading flinching

Verb(1 words)

frighted

Related words (109)

lily liveredlily-livered loathsome lurid macabre malign milk-livered milksoppish milksoppy misgiving monstrous mousy nauseating nauseousnerves on edgenervous nervyon edgeon tenterhooksoveranxious

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Noun(4 words)

nightmare quailing recreant wincing

Verb(3 words)

panicked terrorized threatened

Adjective(12 words)

petrified phobic pussiest scared shitless sissiest terrible terrifying timider timorous trepid yellowest

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

6 entries

affective conditiondescriptive attributeemotional qualityemotional stateemotive descriptorpsychological state

More specific

8 entries

anxious dreadful fearsome frightened horrifying nervous scared terrifying

Collocations

6 entries

fearful expressionfearful omenfearful outlookfearful prospectfearful riskfearful silence

Inflections

2 entries

more fearfulmost fearful

Derivations

2 entries

fearfully fearfulness

similar

24 entries

afraid alarming bad caitiff chicken chickenhearted craven dastard dastardly faint faint-hearted fainthearted funky ignoble lily-livered poltroon

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Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A fearful thought entered my mind.

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What a fearful waste of money!

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That was a fearful scene.

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The fearful noise astonished anyone coming for the first time.

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Fearful