fearfuler

Adjective

fearful (comparative more fearful, superlative most fearful)

1. Frightening; causing fear.
   • Sirs, stop their mouths, let them not speak to me,
     But let them hear what fearful words I utter.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
2. Tending to fear; timid.
   • a fearful boy
3. (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.
   • But every day after dinner, for an hour, we were all together, and then the Favourite and the rest of the Royal Hareem competed who should most beguile the leisure of the Serene Haroun reposing from the cares of State — which were generally, as in most affairs of State, of an arithmetical...1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House
4. (archaic) Frightened; filled with terror.
   • kings ſhall crouch vnto our conquering ſwords,
     And hoſtes of Souldiers ſtand amazd at vs,
     When with their fearfull tongues they ſhall confeſſe
     Theſe are the men that al the world admires,c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

   Synonyms:

   frightened, timid, timorous

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