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Meaning of fearful

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  fearful
      adj 1: experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance";
             "fearful of criticism"
      2: causing fear or dread or terror; "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" [syn: {awful}, {dire},
         {direful}, {dread(a)}, {dreaded}, {dreadful}, {fearful},
         {fearsome}, {frightening}, {horrendous}, {horrific},
         {terrible}]
      3: lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly
         dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley [syn: {cowardly},
         {fearful}] [ant: {brave}, {courageous}]
      4: extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a
         frightful mistake" [syn: {fearful}, {frightful}]
      5: timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little
         mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the
         large dog" [syn: {fearful}, {timorous}, {trepid}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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