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fearsome

Syllables: fear·some/ˈfɪəsəm/

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British/ˈfɪːsəm/

fearsome adjective: frightening, especially in appearance.

Adjective

fearsome (comparative more fearsome, superlative most fearsome)

  1. Frightening, especially in appearance.
    • fearsome reputation
    • fearsome weapon
  2. (archaic, rare) fearful, frightened

fearsome meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

fearsome in Hindi

fearsome, terrible
भैरव bhairav

fearsome in Tamil

அச்ச மூட்டுகின்ற, நடுக்கந் தருகின்ற

fearsome in Urdu

ڈراؤنا, خوفناک

fearsome in Malayalam

frightening, especially in appearance
ഭയാനക bhayānaka
More languagesFewer languages
fearsome in Kannada
ಭಯಂಕರ bhayaṅkara
fearsome in Sanskrit
भैरव bhairava

Examples of fearsome in a sentence

  • The warriors faced a fearsome enemy.
  • She gave him a fearsome glare.

All 28 example sentences with fearsome

Forms of fearsome

comparativemore fearsome
superlativemost fearsome

Origin of fearsome

From fear + -some. Compare German furchtsam (“fearful”, obsolete also “fearsome”); this is more closely equivalent to English frightsome, however.

Words formed from fearsome

Phrases with fearsome

Questions about fearsome

What does fearsome mean?
Fearsome means frightening, especially in appearance.
What is fearsome in Hindi?
Fearsome in Hindi is भैरव (bhairav). See Fearsome meaning in Hindi.
How do you use fearsome in a sentence?
The warriors faced a fearsome enemy.
What part of speech is fearsome?
Fearsome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fearsome?
Fearsome is pronounced /ˈfɪəsəm/ (UK).

Words near fearsome in the dictionary

  1. Fearons
  2. fears
  3. fearscape
  4. fearscapes
  5. Fearses
  6. fearsome
  7. fearsome critter
  8. fearsome critters
  9. fearsomely
  10. fearsomeness
  11. fearsweat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fearsome (page history and authors); भैरव (Hindi) (page history and authors); fearsome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fearsome (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಭಯಂಕರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); भैरव (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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