fearful
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Is fearful a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.Examples: "But every day after dinner, for an hour, we were all together, and then the Favourite and the rest of the Royal Hareem competed who should most beguile the leisure of the Serene Haroun reposing from the cares of State — which were generally, as in most affairs of State, of an arithmetical character, the Commander of the Faithful being a fearful boggler at a sum."dated
2. (now rare) Frightened; filled with terror.Examples: "kings ſhall crouch vnto our conquering ſwords, And hoſtes of Souldiers ſtand amazd at vs, When with their fearfull tongues they ſhall confeſſe Theſe are the men that al the world admires,"; "Those two great champions did attonce pursew / The fearefull damzell with incessant payns […]"Synonyms: frightened, timid, timorousarchaic
adv (English)
1. (dialectal) Extremely; fearfully.Examples: "“He is fearful handsome, as you know,” she said remorsefully, “you cannot imagine, Georgiana, the joy when I first fell in love with him.”"; "“It's a fearful strong charm needs dragon's blood,” he said plaintively."; "His Dardanelles expedition gave the Turk a fearful long start."dialectal
Definition source: Wiktionary