fearful

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɪə(ɹ)fəl/|/ˈfɪə(ɹ)fʊl/    美 /ˈfɪɹfəl/|/ˈfɪɹfʊl/|/ˈfɪɚfəl/|/ˈfɪɚfʊl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Frightening; causing fear.
    — Sirs, stop their mouths, let them not speak to me, But let them hear what fearful words I utter.
  2. Tending to fear; timid.
    — a fearful boy
  3. Terrible; shockingly bad. dated
    — 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.
  4. Frightened; filled with terror. archaic
    — 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,
副词 adv.
  1. Extremely; fearfully. dialectal
    — “He is fearful handsome, as you know,” she said remorsefully, “you cannot imagine, Georgiana, the joy when I first fell in love with him.”

词形变化

more fearful comparative most fearful superlative fearefull alternative,obsolete fearfull alternative,obsolete more fearful comparative most fearful superlative fearefull alternative,obsolete fearfull alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
be fearful when others are greedy be greedy when others are fearful fearfulness overfearful unfearful

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ferful, fervol, equivalent to fear + -ful.
词源 2
From Middle English ferful, fervol, equivalent to fear + -ful.
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