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