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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 […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
Synonyms
- (frightened): frightened, timid, timorous
- See also Thesaurus:afraid and Thesaurus:cowardly
Translations
Adverb
fearful (comparative more fearful, superlative most fearful)
- (dialect) Extremely; fearfully.
Further reading
- fearful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fearful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Lauffer
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repellent
English
Etymology
From Latin repellens. Equivalent to repel +? -ent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p?l?nt/
Adjective
repellent (comparative more repellent, superlative most repellent)
- Tending or able to repel; driving back.
- Repulsive, inspiring aversion.
- Resistant or impervious to something.
Hyponyms
- water-repellent
Translations
Noun
repellent (plural repellents)
- Someone who repels.
- A substance used to repel insects, other pests, or dangerous animals.
- A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.
Translations
References
- repellent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Verb
repellent
- third-person plural future active indicative of repell?
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