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fearful

English

Alternative forms

fearefull (obsolete)
fearfull (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English ferful, fervol, equivalent to fear +? -ful.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??f?l/
(General American) IPA^(key): /?f??f?l/
Rhymes: -???f?l
Hyphenation: fear?ful

Adjective

fearful (comparative fearfuller or fearfuler or more fearful, superlative fearfullest or fearfulest or most fearful)

Frightening.
Tending to fear; timid.
a fearful boy
(dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.
(now rare) Frightened; filled with terror.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
  Those two great champions did attonce pursew / The fearefull damzell with incessant payns […]

Synonyms

(frightened): frightened, timid, timorous
See also Thesaurus:afraid and Thesaurus:cowardly

Translations

Adverb

fearful (comparative more fearful, superlative most fearful)

(dialect) Extremely; fearfully.

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overpowering

English

Verb

overpowering

present participle of overpower

Adjective

overpowering (comparative more overpowering, superlative most overpowering)

That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.

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