Fear"ful (?), a. 1.
Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid;
frightened.
Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful
amidat all their power.
Bp. Warburton.
2. inclined to fear; easily frightened;
without courage; timid.
What man is there that is fearful and faint-
hearted?
Deut. xx. 8.
3. Indicating, or caused by, fear.
Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling
flesh.
Shak.
4. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting
apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy
God.
Deut. xxviii. 58.
Death is a fearful thing.
Shak.
In dreams they fearful precipices
tread.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; horrible;
distressing; shocking; frightful; dreadful; awful.
