🔄 Synonyms of "Fearsome"
12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dreadnoun | (transitive) To fear greatly. |
| dreadfulnoun | Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky. |
| alarming | Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening. |
| awfulnoun | Very bad. |
| direful | Fearful, terrible. |
| fearful | Frightening; causing fear. |
| terrible | Very unpleasant; disagreeable. |
| horrific | Causing horror; horrifying. |
| horrendous | Extremely bad; awful; terrible. |
| dreaded | Causing fear, dread, or terror. |
| frightening | Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary. |
| direnoun | Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fearsome"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| frightening | Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary. |
| fearful | Frightening; causing fear. |
| alarming | Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening. |
| dreaded | Causing fear, dread, or terror. |
| dread | Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded. |
| direful | Fearful, terrible. |
| terrible | Very unpleasant; disagreeable. |
| horrific | Causing horror; horrifying. |
| dreadful | Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky. |
| horrendous | Extremely bad; awful; terrible. |
| awful | Very bad. |
| dire | Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing. |
| terrifying | Frightening or intimidating. |
| scary | (now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety |
| frightful | Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming. |
| spookynoun | (informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural. |
| horrifying | Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific. |
| terrific | Extremely good; excellent, amazing. |
| nightmarish | Resembling a nightmare. |
| horrible | Causing horror; terrible; shocking. |
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