'Fearsome' definitions:
Definition of 'fearsome'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible]
Definition of 'Fearsome'
From: GCIDE
- Fearsome \Fear"some\ (f[=e]r"s[u^]m) a.
- 1. Frightful; causing fear. [Scotch] "This fearsome wind." --Sir W. Scott [1913 Webster]
- 2. Easily frightened; timid; timorous. "A silly fearsome thing." --B. Taylor [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fearsome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alarming,
- appalling,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awing,
- bashful,
- chilling,
- cowardly,
- daunting,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- diffident,
- disconcerting,
- discouraging,
- disheartening,
- dismaying,
- disquieting,
- dreadful,
- fear-inspiring,
- fearful,
- fearing,
- formidable,
- frightening,
- frightful,
- goosy,
- in fear,
- intimidating,
- jumpy,
- menacing,
- mousy,
- nervous,
- overawing,
- rabbity,
- scaring,
- scary,
- shaky,
- shivery,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- skittery,
- skittish,
- startling,
- startlish,
- terrible,
- terrifying,
- timid,
- timorous,
- trembling,
- tremulous,
- trepidant,
- trigger-happy