Synonyms for fearsome
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : feer-suh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪər səm |
Top 10 synonyms for fearsome
Définition of fearsome
Origin :- 1768, from fear + -some (1). Related: Fearsomely; fearsomeness.
- adj alarming
- adj afraid
- Allis crept to her father like a fearsome child avoiding goblins.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- And Czerny could live here, cheek by jowl with these fearsome mysteries!
- Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
- I'm that fearsome, that I declare I shiver and quake at nothing.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- This is the twenty-seventh time we've had you up for this heinous, fearsome crime.
- Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
- Others joined in fearsome averment: "Truly this was the Son of God."
- Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
- Fearsome it was there alone in the gloom, but the lady Janet was heedful of nought.
- Extract from : « Stories from the Ballads » by Mary MacGregor
- She is now a queen of the earth, and inwardly a fearsome tyrant.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
- At least they had never claimed to have enjoyed so fearsome a sight.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Grunty Pig » by Arthur Scott Bailey
- "Bad sign, bad sign," and Mrs. Gibson gave her head a fearsome shake.
- Extract from : « The heart of happy hollow » by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- It was a vague but fearsome odor, indescribable, making their skin crawl.
- Extract from : « The Raid on the Termites » by Paul Ernst
Antonyms for fearsome
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