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FEARSOME

Pronunciation (US):

• FEARSOME (adjective)
The adjective FEARSOME has 1 sense:

1. causing fear or dread or terror

Familiarity information: FEARSOME used as an adjective is very rare.

• FEARSOME (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Causing fear or dread or terror

Synonyms:

terrible; horrendous; frightening; fearsome; fearful; dreadful; dreaded; dread; direful; dire; horrific; awful

Context examples:

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

Similar:

alarming (causing alarm or fear)

"Learn to walk before you run."
(English proverb)
"Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves."
(Native American proverb, Assiniboine)
"Lamb in the spring, snow in the winter."
(Armenian proverb)
"Heaven helps those who help themselves."
(Corsican proverb)

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