fearful

/'fiəful/
Adjective
  1. timid by nature or revealing timidity
    • timorous little mouse
    • in a timorous tone
    • cast fearful glances at the large dog
  2. extremely distressing
    • fearful slum conditions
    • a frightful mistake
  3. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
    • cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then- P.B.Shelley
  4. causing fear or dread or terror
    • the awful war
    • an awful risk
    • dire news
    • a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
    • the dread presence of the headmaster
    • polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
    • a dreadful storm
    • a fearful howling
    • horrendous explosions shook the city
    • a terrible curse
  5. experiencing or showing fear
    • a fearful glance
    • fearful of criticism

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A child casts a fearful glance at the large dog.