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fearful 
1  adj If you are fearful of  something, you are afraid of it. 
FORMAL usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ of n, ADJ that 
Bankers were fearful of a world banking crisis..., I had often been very fearful, very angry, and very isolated.  
2  adj You use fearful to emphasize how serious or bad a situation is. 
FORMAL ADJ n  (emphasis)   (=dreadful) 
...the fearful consequences which might flow from unilateral military moves.  
3  adj Fearful is used to emphasize that something is very bad. 
INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED ADJ n  (emphasis)  You gave me a fearful shock!  



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