fearful - Similar and Opposite Words

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Adjective

experiencing or showing fear

Synonyms

• fearful

Related

• afraid

Adjective

causing fear or dread or terror

Synonyms

• awful
• dire
• direful
• dread
• dreaded
• dreadful
• fearful
• fearsome
• frightening
• horrendous
• horrific
• terrible

Related

• alarming

Adjective

timid by nature or revealing timidity

Synonyms

• fearful
• timorous
• trepid

Related

• timid

Adjective

lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted

Synonyms

• cowardly
• fearful

Related

• caitiff
• chicken
• chickenhearted
• craven
• dastard
• dastardly
• faint
• faint-hearted
• fainthearted
• funky
• lily-livered
• poltroon
• poor-spirited
• pusillanimous
• recreant
• timid
• unmanly
• white-livered
• yellow
• yellow-bellied

Also See

• afraid
• ignoble
• timid

Adjective

extremely distressing

Synonyms

• fearful
• frightful

Related

• bad

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