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fearful

fear·ful

Today it means: Frightening; causing fear. Full definition →

Middle English ferful

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Middle English · inherited fromferful
English todayfearful

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.