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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|fearefull|fearfull||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|ferful}}, {{m|enm|fervol}}, equivalent to {{af|en|fear|-ful|pos=adjective}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈfɪə(ɹ)fəl/|/ˈfɪə(ɹ)fʊl/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈfɪɹfəl/|/ˈfɪɹfʊl/|/ˈfɪɚfəl/|/ˈfɪɚfʊl/|a=GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈfɜː(ɹ)fəl/|/ˈfɜː(ɹ)fʊl/|a=obsolete}}<ref>{{R:Jespersen MEGoHP|I|4.36|124}}</ref>
* {{audio|en|en-us-fearful.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪə(ɹ)fəl|ɪə(ɹ)fʊl|s=2}}
* {{hyph|en|fear|ful}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|fearfuller|fearfuler|more}}

# [[frightening|Frightening]]; causing fear.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Titus Andronicus|act=V|scene=II|passage=Sirs, stop their mouths, let them not speak to me,<br>But let them hear what '''fearful''' words I utter.}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1981|author=w:William Irwin Thompson|title=The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture|publisher=Rider/Hutchinson & Co.|location=London|page=184|passage=In the later Hebrew ''midrash'' Lilith is presented as the woman who knows how to recite the '''fearful''' name of God to work calamity; that this little girl cries out the '''fearful''' name of the sun god and thereby causes an earthquake would indicate that this girl is linked in the structure of the myth with Lilith.}}
# Tending to [[fear]]; [[timid]].
#: {{co|en|a '''fearful''' boy}}
# {{lb|en|dated}} [[terrible|Terrible]]; shockingly bad.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1859|author=Charles Dickens|title=The Haunted House|passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} [[frightened|Frightened]]; filled with [[terror]].
#* {{RQ:Marlowe Tamburlaine|part=1|scene=ii|page=27|passage=kings ſhall crouch vnto our conquering ſwords,<br>And hoſtes of Souldiers ſtand amazd at vs,<br>When with their '''fearfull''' tongues they ſhall confeſſe<br>Theſe are the men that al the world admires,}}
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|III|iv|passage=Those two great champions did attonce pursew / The '''fearefull''' damzell with incessant payns {{...}}}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|frightened}} {{l|en|frightened}}, {{l|en|timid}}, {{l|en|timorous}}
* See also [[Thesaurus:afraid]] and [[Thesaurus:cowardly]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|frightening}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|страшен|sc=Cyrl}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|děsivý}}, {{t+|cs|hrozný}}, {{t+|cs|hrozivý}}, {{t|cs|strašlivý}}
* French: {{t+|fr|effrayant}}, {{t+|fr|redoutable}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|medoñento}}
* German: {{t+|de|furchtbar}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|φοβερός}}, {{t+|el|τρομακτικός}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|φοβερός}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|scanrúil}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|무섭다}}, {{t+|ko|두렵다}}
* Latin: {{t|la|timidus}}, {{t|la|meticulosus}}, {{t|la|dirus}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|biedējošs}}, {{t+|lv|baismīgs}}
* Middle Korean: {{t|okm|므ᅀᅴ〮엽다〮|tr=mùzúyyèptá}}, {{t|okm|두립〮다〮|tr=twùlíptá}}, {{t|okm|저프다〮|tr=cèphùtá}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|forchtsom}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|amedrontador}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стра́шный}}, {{t+|ru|ужа́сный}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|भीम}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|[[korku]]lu}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|đáng sợ}}
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{{trans-top|tending to fear}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|خَوَّاف}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|bázlivý}}, {{t|cs|lekavý}}
* Danish: {{t|da|frygtsom}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|angstig}}, {{t+|nl|bang}}, {{t+|nl|vreesachtig}}
* French: {{t+|fr|peureux}}, {{t+|fr|craintif}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|medoñento}}, {{t|gl|medoso}}
* German: {{t+|de|furchtsam}}, {{t+|de|ängstlich}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|δειλός}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|faiteach}}, {{t|ga|scanrúil}}
* Latin: {{t|la|pavidus}}, {{t|la|timidus}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|enjstlich}}, {{t|pdt|schietrich}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|strachliwy}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|temeroso}}
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{{trans-top|terrible}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ужасен|sc=Cyrl}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hrozný}}, {{t+|cs|děsivý}}, {{t|cs|strašlivý}}
* French: {{t+|fr|terrible}}, {{t+|fr|affreux}}
* German: {{t+|de|furchtbar}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|φοβερός}}, {{t+|el|τρομερός}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|groaznic}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ужа́сный}}
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{{trans-top|frightened, filled with terror}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|երկչոտ}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|бая́зны|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|уплашен|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|bg|страхлив|sc=Cyrl}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|惵|tr=dip6}} {{qualifier|literary}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|惵|tr=dié}} {{qualifier|literary}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|vystrašený}}, {{t|cs|ochromený strachem}}
* French: {{t+|fr|peureux}}
* German: {{t+|de|verängstigt}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|φοβισμένος}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|anbhách}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|impaurito}}, {{t+|it|spaventato}}, {{t+|it|pavido}}
* Latin: {{t|la|pavidus}}, {{t|la|timidus}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|nobijies}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|faitagh}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|ihiihi}}, {{t|mi|uruwehi}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|amedrontado}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|испу́ганный}}, {{t+|ru|пугли́вый}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|miedoso}}, {{t+|es|temeroso}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|korkmuş}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|sợ hãi}}, {{t+|vi|sợ sệt}}, {{t+|vi|sợ}}
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* Spanish: {{t+check|es|terrible}}, {{t+check|es|espantoso}}, {{t+check|es|tremendo}}, {{t+check|es|temeroso}}
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===Adverb===
{{en-adv}}

# {{lb|en|dialectal}} [[extremely|Extremely]]; [[fearfully]].
#* {{quote-book|en |year=2009 |title=Mr. Darcy's Decision: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice|author=Juliette Shapiro |page=|ISBN=|passage=“He is '''fearful''' handsome, as you know,” she said remorsefully, “you cannot imagine, Georgiana, the joy when I first fell in love with him.”}}
#* {{quote-book|en |year=2014|title=The Chrestomanci series|author=Diana Wynne Jones |page=|ISBN=|passage=“It's a '''fearful''' strong charm needs dragon's blood,” he said plaintively. }}
#* {{quote-book|en |year=2014 |title=Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916|author=Michael Brock; Eleanor Brock |page=|ISBN=|passage=His Dardanelles expedition gave the Turk a '''fearful''' long start. }}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aefflru|Lauffer}}

{{cln|en|adverbs suffixed with -ful}}
{{C|en|Fear|Personality}}
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