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fearfulness

/feer-fuhl/US // ˈfɪər fəl //UK // (ˈfɪəfʊl) //

恐惧感,恐惧,恐惧心理,惧怕

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
    • : feeling fear, dread, apprehension, or solicitude: fearful for his life.
    • : full of awe or reverence: fearful of the Lord.
    • : showing or caused by fear: fearful behavior exhibited by dogs in the animal shelter.
    • : extreme in size, intensity, or badness: a fearful head cold; fearful poverty.

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Examples

  • It felt like people were excited for the future, not fearful for the days to come.

  • According to former employees, Morse said that Great Big Story was doing fine and that employees had no reason to be fearful.

  • Texas is one of five states that will prevent people fearful of contracting or spreading the virus from voting by mail unless they meet other qualifications.

  • People are fearful for their lives, fearful for the future of their families.

  • State and local Republicans, fearful of losing what has long been a key turnout advantage for the GOP, spent the past few months racing to reassure voters that voting by mail was safe, despite the president’s rhetoric.

  • She tried to laugh at her womanly fearfulness, and had almost to suppress a scream in doing so.

  • Its tendency was to nervous discontent and suspicious fearfulness of approaching, vaguely formulated, evils.

  • This feeling of distrust and fearfulness will soon pass away.

  • Think of the fearfulness of living in a country called the land of dollars.

  • There is a fearfulness in the beauty of Girlhood which mingles anxiety in the cup of admiration.