fearful
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
experiencing or showing fear
a fearful glance
Related & opposite
- fearfulness derivation
- afraidp similar to
Sense 2 adjective
causing fear or dread or terror
the awful war
Related & opposite
- awfulness derivation
- apprehension derivation
- alarming similar to
Sense 3 adjective
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then
Related & opposite
- afraidp also see
- timid also see
- ignoble also see
- brave antonym
- cowardice attribute
- cowardice derivation
- fearfulness derivation
- coward derivation
- caitiff similar to
- chicken similar to
- craven similar to
- dastarda similar to
- fainthearted similar to
- funky similar to
- poltroon similar to
- pusillanimous similar to
Sense 4 adjective
extremely distressing
fearful slum conditions
Related & opposite
- frightfulness derivation
- bad similar to
Sense 5 adjective
timid by nature or revealing timidity
timorous little mouse
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fearfulness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | afraidp |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | awfulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehension |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | alarming |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | afraidp |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | timid |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | ignoble |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | brave |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | cowardice |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cowardice |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fearfulness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | coward |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | caitiff |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | chicken |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | craven |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dastarda |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | fainthearted |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | funky |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | poltroon |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | pusillanimous |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | frightfulness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | bad |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | timidity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | timidity |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | timid |