All fearful synonyms
fearΒ·ful
F f adj fearful
- horrifying β to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- shy β bashful; retiring.
- timid β lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- afraid β If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
- hesitant β hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- nervous β highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- scared β to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- anxious β If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- uneasy β not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- tense β in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung; taut: a tense person.
- agitated β If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- jittery β extremely tense and nervous; jumpy: He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
- frightened β thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- skittish β apt to start or shy: a skittish horse.
- panicky β a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- appalling β Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
- astounding β If something is astounding, you are shocked or amazed that it could exist or happen.
- atrocious β If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- awful β If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
- baleful β Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- creepy β If you say that something or someone is creepy, you mean they make you feel very nervous or frightened.
- dire β causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- distressing β great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- dreadful β causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- eerie β uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl.
- formidable β causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- frightful β such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- ghastly β shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
- ghoulish β strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
- grievous β causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- grisly β gristly.
- gruesome β causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly: the site of a gruesome murder.
- hair-raising β terrifying or horrifying: We had a hair-raising brush with death.
- hideous β horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- horrible β causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- lurid β gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.
- macabre β gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
- monstrous β frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- morbid β suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- overwhelming β that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- redoubtable β that is to be feared; formidable.
- shocking β causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- sinister β threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
- strange β unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- sublime β elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
adjective fearful
- apprehensive β Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
- alarmed β If someone is alarmed, they feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- discomposed β Simple past tense and past participle of discompose.
- abysmal β If you describe a situation or the condition of something as abysmal, you think that it is very bad or poor in quality.