What is another word for fearful?
781 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fˈi͡əfə͡l], [ fˈiəfəl], [ f_ˈiə_f_əl]
Fearful is an adjective that describes the feeling of being afraid or intimidated. There are many synonyms for this word, including scared, frightened, anxious, nervous, terrified, apprehensive, uneasy, panicky, and phobic. Scared is perhaps the most commonly used synonym for fearful, referring to a feeling of fright that usually arises from a perceived threat. Frightened, anxious, nervous, terrified, and apprehensive all suggest varying levels of fear or worry, while uneasy refers to a feeling of discomfort or unease that is often accompanied by a sense of foreboding. Panicky and phobic both imply extreme levels of fear, with the former typically referring to a sudden, overwhelming sense of dread and the latter to a persistent, irrational fear of specific situations or objects.
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Similar words for fearful:
- amazing (adjective)
- cowardly (adjective)
- disbelieving (adjective)
- fearful (adjective)
- frightened (adjective)
- frightening (adjective)
- humble (adjective)
- irresolute (adjective)
- panicky (adjective)
- recreant (adjective)
- spooky (adjective)
- unspeakable (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- worried (adjective)
- alarmed (adjective)
- alarmed, apprehensive (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- anxious (adjective)
- appalling (adjective)
- ascared (adjective)
- awesome (adjective)
- conservative (adjective)
- craven (adjective)
- dire (adjective)
- distrustful (adjective)
- dreadful (adjective)
- eerie (adjective)
- fainthearted (adjective)
- fearsome (adjective)
- frightful/frightening (adjective)
- gruesome (adjective)
- horrendous (adjective)
- horrible (adjective)
- horrible/horrendous/horrid (adjective)
- horrid (adjective)
- horrifying (adjective)
- incommunicable (adjective)
- indefinable (adjective)
- inexpressible (adjective)
- mistrustful (adjective)
- ominous (adjective)
- panic-stricken (adjective)
- petrified (adjective)
- redoubtable (adjective)
- scared (adjective)
- shocking (adjective)
- shy (adjective)
- skittish (adjective)
- spineless (adjective)
- terrible (adjective)
- terrific (adjective)
- timid (adjective)
- tremendous (adjective)
- tremulous (adjective)
- troubled (adjective)
- undescribable (adjective)
- uneasy (adjective)
- unmanly (adjective)
- untrusting (adjective)
- unutterable (adjective)
- weird (adjective)
- wicked (adjective)
- caitiff (noun)
- cowering (noun)
- dastard (noun)
- dastardly (noun)
- faint (noun)
- fearful (noun)
- foreboding
- formidable
- grim
- indecisive
- terrified
- worried
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Fearful:
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adj.
• amazing • cowardly • disbelieving • fearful • frightened- Chicken-hearted ,
- Harrowed ,
- afraid ,
- agitated ,
- alarmed ,
- apprehensive ,
- chicken-livered ,
- having kittens ,
- horrified ,
- in a cold sweat ,
- in a panic ,
- intimidated ,
- jellyfish ,
- jittery ,
- lily-livered ,
- paralyzed ,
- pushing the panic button ,
- rabbity ,
- rattled ,
- running scared ,
- scared ,
- scared stiff ,
- startled ,
- terror-stricken ,
- unnerved ,
- weak-kneed ,
- in a sweat .
- in awe ,
- run scared ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis-heartened ,
- more disheartened ,
- more rattled ,
- most disheartened ,
- most rattled .
- aflutter ,
- diffident ,
- discomposed ,
- disquieted ,
- disturbed ,
- goose-bumpy ,
- have cold feet ,
- hesitant ,
- in a dither ,
- jumpy ,
- mousy ,
- perturbed ,
- pusillanimous ,
- quivery ,
- shaky ,
- sheepish ,
- shrinking ,
- solicitous ,
- tense ,
- timorous .
- dis quieted ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-tressed ,
- fidgety ,
- in state ,
- in tizzy ,
- more bugged ,
- more butterflies ,
- more careful ,
- more choked ,
- more clutched ,
- more disquieted ,
- more dreading ,
- more hacked ,
- more hyper ,
- more nervous ,
- more spooked ,
- more unglued ,
- most bugged ,
- most butterflies ,
- most choked ,
- most clutched ,
- most disquieted ,
- most dreading ,
- most hacked ,
- most hyper ,
- most spooked ,
- most unglued ,
- over wrought ,
- shot pieces ,
- sweating bullets ,
- taut ,
- un glued ,
- un quiet ,
- un quieter ,
- un quietest ,
- un-glued ,
- un-quiet ,
- un-quieter ,
- un-quietest ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight ,
- worried sick ,
- wreckest .
- Ender ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis maying ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-maying ,
- endest ,
- grodier ,
- grodiest ,
- more daunting ,
- more disheartening ,
- more dismaying ,
- more petrifying ,
- more scaring ,
- more unnerving ,
- most daunting ,
- most disheartening ,
- most dismaying ,
- most petrifying ,
- most scaring ,
- most unnerving ,
- un nerving ,
- un-nerving .
- awe inspiring ,
- aweinspiring ,
- grandest ,
- impressive ,
- mind blowing ,
- mindblowing ,
- more horrifying ,
- more stupefying ,
- most horrifying ,
- most stupefying ,
- over whelming ,
- over-whelming ,
- striking .
- Quieter ,
- fogyish ,
- fuddy duddy ,
- fuddyduddy ,
- hidebound ,
- in flexible ,
- in-flexible ,
- more fogyish ,
- more fuddy duddy ,
- more fuddy-duddy ,
- more fuddyduddy ,
- more redneck ,
- more undaring ,
- most fogyish ,
- most fuddy duddy ,
- most fuddy-duddy ,
- most fuddyduddy ,
- most redneck ,
- most undaring ,
- obstinate ,
- quietest ,
- right center ,
- torier ,
- toriest ,
- un changeable ,
- un changing ,
- un creative ,
- un daring ,
- un imaginative ,
- un progressive ,
- un-changeable ,
- un-changing ,
- un-creative ,
- un-daring ,
- un-imaginative ,
- un-progressive .
- lily livered ,
- lilylivered ,
- mean spirited ,
- more chicken ,
- more poltroonish ,
- more weak kneed ,
- more weak-kneed ,
- more weakkneed ,
- more wimpish ,
- more yellow bellied ,
- more yellow-bellied ,
- more yellowbellied ,
- most chicken ,
- most poltroonish ,
- most weak kneed ,
- most weak-kneed ,
- most weakkneed ,
- most wimpish ,
- most yellow bellied ,
- most yellow-bellied ,
- most yellowbellied ,
- weak kneed ,
- weakkneed ,
- wimpier ,
- wimpiest ,
- wussier ,
- wussiest ,
- yellow bellied ,
- yellowbellied .
- more oppressing ,
- more scowling ,
- most oppressing ,
- most scowling ,
- portentous ,
- ruinous ,
- un fortunate ,
- un-fortunate .
- crawlier ,
- crawliest ,
- ghostly ,
- scarier ,
- super natural ,
- super-natural ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly .
- co wed ,
- co-wed ,
- having cold feet ,
- more cowed ,
- more cowering ,
- more unassertive ,
- most cowed ,
- most cowering ,
- most unassertive ,
- un assertive ,
- un-assertive .
- dis quieting ,
- dis-quieting ,
- grisly ,
- hair raising ,
- hairraising ,
- in conceivable ,
- in-conceivable ,
- more grabber ,
- more traumatic ,
- most grabber ,
- most traumatic .
- de testable ,
- de-testable ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest ,
- unholy .
- astounding ,
- atrocious ,
- baleful ,
- bloodcurdling ,
- creepy ,
- frightful ,
- ghoulish ,
- grievous ,
- grim ,
- hair-raising ,
- hideous ,
- lurid ,
- macabre ,
- monstrous ,
- morbid ,
- overwhelming ,
- sinister ,
- strange ,
- sublime ,
- unearthly ,
- unspeakable .
- Ill-boding ,
- ill boding ,
- ill fated ,
- illboding ,
- illfated ,
- in auspicious ,
- in hospitable ,
- in-auspicious ,
- in-hospitable ,
- inauspicious ,
- more doomful ,
- more malefic ,
- more malificent ,
- more precursive ,
- more premonitory ,
- more presaging ,
- more unpromising ,
- most doomful ,
- most malefic ,
- most malificent ,
- most precursive ,
- most premonitory ,
- most presaging ,
- most unpromising ,
- pre cursive ,
- pre monitory ,
- pre-cursive ,
- pre-monitory ,
- un friendlier ,
- un friendliest ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un promising ,
- un propitious ,
- un-friendlier ,
- un-friendliest ,
- un-friendly ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-luckiest ,
- un-lucky ,
- un-promising .
- dis inclined ,
- dis-inclined ,
- in disposed ,
- in-disposed ,
- introvert ,
- more introvert ,
- more unassured ,
- more uneager ,
- more uneffusive ,
- more unsocial ,
- most introvert ,
- most unassured ,
- most uneager ,
- most uneffusive ,
- most unsocial ,
- recessive ,
- un assured ,
- un eager ,
- un effusive ,
- un responsive ,
- un social ,
- un willing ,
- un-assured ,
- un-eager ,
- un-effusive ,
- un-responsive ,
- un-social ,
- un-willing .
- ex citable ,
- ex cited ,
- ex-citable ,
- ex-cited ,
- more agitable ,
- more alarmable ,
- more volative ,
- most agitable ,
- most alarmable ,
- most volative ,
- un dependable ,
- un reliable ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-reliable .
- faint hearted ,
- in adequate ,
- in effective ,
- in effectual ,
- in vertebrate ,
- in-adequate ,
- in-effective ,
- in-effectual ,
- in-vertebrate ,
- invertebrate ,
- more amoebalike ,
- more faint hearted ,
- more faint-hearted ,
- more forceless ,
- more invertebrate ,
- more pithless ,
- most amoebalike ,
- most faint hearted ,
- most faint-hearted ,
- most forceless ,
- most invertebrate ,
- most pithless ,
- weak willed ,
- weak-willed ,
- weakwilled .
- in convenient ,
- in-convenient ,
- inconvenient ,
- more dreaded ,
- most dreaded ,
- un welcome ,
- un-welcome ,
- unwelcome .
- more badgered ,
- more browbeaten ,
- more bullied ,
- more daunted ,
- more milquetoast ,
- more trembling ,
- most badgered ,
- most browbeaten ,
- most bullied ,
- most daunted ,
- most milquetoast ,
- most trembling .
- blimper ,
- blimpest ,
- extra-ordinary ,
- in credible ,
- in-credible ,
- more cracking ,
- more humongous ,
- more mondo ,
- more whopper ,
- most cracking ,
- most humongous ,
- most mondo ,
- most whopper ,
- whaler ,
- whalest .
- be-set ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis pleased ,
- dis-concerted ,
- dis-pleased ,
- ex acerbated ,
- ex-acerbated ,
- miffed ,
- more aggravated ,
- more beset ,
- more chagrined ,
- more exacerbated ,
- more harrowed ,
- more inconvenienced ,
- more irked ,
- more mortified ,
- more pestered ,
- more plagued ,
- more riled ,
- more ruffled ,
- more tortured ,
- most aggravated ,
- most beset ,
- most chagrined ,
- most exacerbated ,
- most harrowed ,
- most inconvenienced ,
- most irked ,
- most mortified ,
- most pestered ,
- most plagued ,
- most riled ,
- most ruffled ,
- most tortured .
- dis composed ,
- dis-composed ,
- harassed ,
- ill ease ,
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- more anguished ,
- more discomposed ,
- more harassed ,
- more palpitant ,
- more tormented ,
- more vexed ,
- most anguished ,
- most discomposed ,
- most harassed ,
- most palpitant ,
- most tormented ,
- most vexed ,
- on qui vive ,
- pre carious ,
- pre-carious ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest ,
- un-easy ,
- up-set .
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- downright ,
- hopelessly ,
- sadly ,
- sorry ,
- such as it is ,
- thorough ,
- utter ,
- utterly .
Other synonyms:
- afeard ,
- ascared ,
- chary ,
- claustrophobic ,
- fearfully ,
- formidable ,
- gun-shy ,
- overawed ,
- panicky ,
- scary ,
- shaken ,
- shitless ,
- superstitious ,
- supine ,
- tame ,
- traumatized ,
- uneasy .
- ghastly .
Other relevant words:
- Agitable ,
- Alarmable ,
- Butterflies ,
- Crawly ,
- Doomful ,
- Hacked ,
- Lou ,
- Pithless ,
- Poltroonish ,
- Precursive ,
- all nerves ,
- amoebalike ,
- anguished ,
- anxious ,
- appalling ,
- aspen ,
- awful ,
- be set ,
- been hit before ,
- conservative ,
- craven ,
- defying description ,
- die hard ,
- dire ,
- distressing ,
- dreadful ,
- extra ordinary ,
- faint-hearted ,
- fainthearted ,
- forceless ,
- frightened ,
- godawful ,
- grabber ,
- great big ,
- grody ,
- holding to ,
- horrible ,
- horrid ,
- horrific ,
- horrifyin ,
- hyper ,
- in a rut ,
- in a state ,
- in a tizzy ,
- in rut ,
- in suspense ,
- in turmoil ,
- malefic ,
- malificent ,
- meanspirited ,
- mondo ,
- nerveless ,
- not extreme ,
- old line ,
- on the qui vive ,
- over-wrought ,
- palpitant ,
- petrified ,
- premonitory ,
- real gone ,
- right of center ,
- rightist ,
- rightwing ,
- scared to death ,
- shocking ,
- shot to pieces ,
- shuddersome ,
- shy ,
- sickie ,
- skittish ,
- something else ,
- strung out ,
- terrible ,
- terrific ,
- the end ,
- timid ,
- traditionalist ,
- traditionalistic ,
- traumatic ,
- tremendous ,
- tremulous ,
- unassertive ,
- unassured ,
- undaring ,
- uneager ,
- uneffusive ,
- unglued ,
- unpromising ,
- unsocial ,
- untrusting ,
- up set ,
- volative ,
- weird ,
- white bread ,
- wimpish ,
- wimpy ,
- worried ,
- wrecker ,
- wussy ,
- yellow-bellied ,
- zero cool .
- alarming ,
- coward ,
- direful ,
- dread ,
- dreaded ,
- fell ,
- frightening ,
- horrifying ,
- meticulous ,
- terrifying ,
- trepid .
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How to use "Fearful" in context?
One fear that we all have is the fear of the dark. The dark can be cozy and reassuring or it can be scarily and ominous. We all have different reactions to darkness; some people love it, some people hate it, and some people are fearful of it. One thing that is clear is that everyone's reaction to darkness is individual.
Fears can be constructive in that they can guide our behavior through caution, but when they are unreasonable or excessive, they can be harmful. The fear of the dark can keep some people from going outside and enjoying the night sky, and it can keep others from sleeping.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
afraid, apprehensive, scared.
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Independent
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Other Related
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Adjective
frightened, scary, terrifying, worried.
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Adjective
Homophones for Fearful:
- foreplay, frivol away, favorably, fearfully, favourable, favourably, furbelow, four-ply, farfalle, fair ball, free people, fairy bell, favorable, fire opal, firefly, free fall, fireball, fire bell, frivol, froebel, friable.
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