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adjective

Fearsome adj.

Frightful; causing fear. (Scotch) "This fearsome wind."

Easily frightened; timid; timorous. "A silly fearsome thing."

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Etymology of 'Fearsome'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fearsome" Quotes from Famous Books

... a snail grown paralytic, Concerning whom your victims daily speak In florid language, fearsome and mephitic, Enough to redden any trooper's cheek: Let them, I say, hold forth till all is blue; I ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 • Various

... naked Marys. This skirt, flapping in the wind like a sail, reminded him of the menacing mainsail of the Arangi when it had jarred and crashed and swooped above his head. The noises her mouth made were gentle and ingratiating, but the fearsome skirt still flapped in ...

— Jerry of the Islands • Jack London

... Melvy bent over the cup in deep consideration, and then she rose and took it to the window, with fearsome, anxious looks at Ruth meanwhile. Once or twice she made a sign with her ...

— Sandy • Alice Hegan Rice

... spirit starts (allegro agitato) in fearsome agitation on quick nervous throb of melody; below, violas sing a soothing answer; there is a clear dialogue ...

— Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies • Philip H. Goepp

... joy at being thus received beneath her father's roof, having heard so many fearsome tales of persons being turned out of doors even by their nearest and dearest, were it but suspected that they might carry about with them the seeds of the dreaded distemper. But the worthy lace maker was a godly man, and brave with the courage that comes of a lively faith. He had learned ...

— The Sign Of The Red Cross • Evelyn Everett-Green

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