fearsome
Meaning
- frightening, especially in appearance.
- (archaic, rare) fearful, frightened
Synonyms
Translations
effrayant
fürchterlich
espantoso
korkunç
vreselijkFrequency
Etymology
In summary
From fear + -some. Compare German furchtsam (“fearful”, obsolete also “fearsome”); this is more closely equivalent to English frightsome, however.
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