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overfearful

overfearful adjective: too fearful.

Adjective

overfearful (comparative more overfearful, superlative most overfearful)

  1. Too fearful.

Forms of overfearful

comparativemore overfearful
superlativemost overfearful

Origin of overfearful

From over- + fearful.

Questions about overfearful

What does overfearful mean?
Overfearful means too fearful.
What part of speech is overfearful?
Overfearful is an adjective.

Words near overfearful in the dictionary

  1. overfawned
  2. overfawning
  3. overfawns
  4. overfear
  5. overfeared
  6. overfearful
  7. overfearfulness
  8. overfearing
  9. overfears
  10. overfeature
  11. overfeatured

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