fearful

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪəfəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪəfʊl/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈfɪːfəl/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈfɪjəfəl/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈfɪːfɵl/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈfɪjəfɵl/
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• General-American: /ˈfɪɹfəl/
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• General-American: /ˈfɪɹfʊl/
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• General-American: [ˈfɪɚfəl]
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• General-American: [ˈfɪɚfʊl]
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• obsolete: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)fəl/
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• obsolete: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)fʊl/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈfiəfəl/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈfiəfʊl/
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• Scotland: /ˈfiɾfəl/
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• Scotland: /ˈfiɾfʉl/
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• /ˈfɛːfəl/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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• /ˈfɛːfʊl/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)fəl
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)fʊl
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• CMU ARPABET: F IH1 R F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English ferful, fervol, equivalent to fear + -ful.

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: страшен (strašen) — frightening
• Czech: děsivý — frightening
• Czech: hrozný — frightening
• Czech: hrozivý — frightening
• Czech: strašlivý — frightening
• French: effrayant — frightening
• French: redoutable — frightening
• Galician: medoñento — frightening
• German: furchtbar — frightening
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (agisleiks) — frightening
• Greek: φοβερός (foverós) — frightening
• Greek: τρομακτικός (tromaktikós) — frightening
• Ancient Greek: φοβερός (phoberós) — frightening
• Irish: scanrúil — frightening
• Korean: 무섭다 (museopda) — frightening
• Korean: 두렵다 (duryeopda) — frightening
• Middle Korean: 므ᅀᅴ〮엽다〮 (mùzúyyèptá) — frightening
• Middle Korean: 두립〮다〮 (twùlíptá) — frightening
• Middle Korean: 저프다〮 (cèphùtá) — frightening
• Latin: timidus — frightening
• Latin: meticulosus — frightening
• Latin: dirus — frightening
• Latvian: biedējošs — frightening
• Latvian: baismīgs — frightening
• Khiamniungan Naga: hāh — frightening
• Plautdietsch: forchtsom — frightening
• Portuguese: amedrontador — frightening
• Russian: стра́шный (strášnyj) — frightening
• Russian: ужа́сный (užásnyj) — frightening
• Sanskrit: भीम (bhīma) — frightening
• Turkish: korkulu — frightening
• Ukrainian: стра́шний (strášnyj) — frightening
• Vietnamese: đáng sợ — frightening
• Volapük: dredabik — frightening
• Albanian: frikacak — tending to fear
• Arabic: خَوَّاف (ḵawwāf) — tending to fear
• Armenian: երկչոտ (erkčʻot) — tending to fear
• Bulgarian: боязлив (bojazliv) — tending to fear
• Bulgarian: страхлив (strahliv) — tending to fear
• Czech: bázlivý — tending to fear
• Czech: lekavý — tending to fear
• Danish: frygtsom — tending to fear
• Dutch: angstig — tending to fear
• Dutch: bang — tending to fear
• Dutch: schuw — tending to fear
• Dutch: verlegen — tending to fear
• Dutch: vreesachtig — tending to fear
• French: craintif — tending to fear
• French: peureux — tending to fear
• French: timoré — tending to fear
• Galician: medoñento — tending to fear
• Galician: medoso — tending to fear
• German: ängstlich — tending to fear
• German: furchtsam — tending to fear
• German: scheu — tending to fear
• Ancient Greek: δειλός (deilós) — tending to fear
• Ancient Greek: τρήρων (trḗrōn) — tending to fear
• Hungarian: félénk — tending to fear
• Irish: faiteach — tending to fear
• Irish: scanrúil — tending to fear
• Italian: timido — tending to fear
• Kazakh: жүрексіз (jüreksız) — tending to fear
• Kazakh: үркек (ürkek) — tending to fear
• Kazakh: жасқаншақ (jasqanşaq) — tending to fear
• Latin: pavidus — tending to fear
• Latin: timidus — tending to fear
• Macedonian: страшлив (strašliv) — tending to fear
• Khiamniungan Naga: yám — tending to fear
• Plautdietsch: enjstlich — tending to fear
• Plautdietsch: schietrich — tending to fear
• Polish: strachliwy — tending to fear
• Portuguese: temeroso — tending to fear
• Russian: боязливый (bojazlivyj) — tending to fear
• Serbo-Croatian: пла̀шљив — tending to fear
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐплашен — tending to fear
• Serbo-Croatian: plàšljiv — tending to fear
• Serbo-Croatian: prèplašen — tending to fear
• Spanish: espantadizo — tending to fear
• Spanish: timorato — tending to fear
• Spanish: tímido — tending to fear
• Turkish: ürkek — tending to fear
• Turkish: çekingen — tending to fear
• Ottoman Turkish: یوركسز (yüreksiz) — tending to fear
• Ukrainian: боязкий (bojazkyj) — tending to fear
• Bulgarian: ужасен (užasen) — terrible
• Czech: hrozný — terrible
• Czech: děsivý — terrible
• Czech: strašlivý — terrible
• French: terrible — terrible
• French: affreux — terrible
• German: furchtbar — terrible
• Greek: φοβερός (foverós) — terrible
• Greek: τρομερός (tromerós) — terrible
• Romanian: groaznic — terrible
• Russian: ужа́сный (užásnyj) — terrible
• Turkish: korkulu — terrible
• Ukrainian: жахли́вий (žaxlývyj) — terrible
• Albanian: trembur — frightened, filled with terror
• Armenian: երկչոտ (erkčʻot) — frightened, filled with terror
• Belarusian: бая́зны (bajázny) — frightened, filled with terror
• Bulgarian: уплашен (uplašen) — frightened, filled with terror
• Bulgarian: изплашен (izplašen) — frightened, filled with terror
• Chinese Cantonese: 惵 (dip6) — frightened, filled with terror
• Chinese Mandarin: 惵 (dié) — frightened, filled with terror
• Czech: vystrašený — frightened, filled with terror
• Czech: ochromený strachem — frightened, filled with terror
• French: peureux — frightened, filled with terror
• German: verängstigt — frightened, filled with terror
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (faurhts) — frightened, filled with terror
• Greek: φοβισμένος (fovisménos) — frightened, filled with terror
• Irish: anbhách — frightened, filled with terror
• Italian: impaurito — frightened, filled with terror
• Italian: spaventato — frightened, filled with terror
• Italian: pavido — frightened, filled with terror
• Latin: pavidus — frightened, filled with terror
• Latin: timidus — frightened, filled with terror
• Latvian: nobijies — frightened, filled with terror
• Manx: faitagh — frightened, filled with terror
• Māori: ihiihi — frightened, filled with terror
• Māori: uruwehi — frightened, filled with terror
• Portuguese: amedrontado — frightened, filled with terror
• Russian: испу́ганный (ispúgannyj) — frightened, filled with terror
• Russian: пугли́вый (puglívyj) — frightened, filled with terror
• Spanish: miedoso — frightened, filled with terror
• Spanish: temeroso — frightened, filled with terror
• Turkish: korkmuş — frightened, filled with terror
• Vietnamese: sợ hãi — frightened, filled with terror
• Vietnamese: sợ sệt — frightened, filled with terror
• Vietnamese: sợ — frightened, filled with terror