英:[ˈfɪəfl]
美:[ˈfɪrfl]
英:[ˈfɪəfl]
美:[ˈfɪrfl]
fear·ful
fir fl
比较级:more fearful
最高级:most fearful
fearfully (adv.), fearfulness (n.)
词根:fear
adj.fearsome 可怕的;害怕的;极大的
adv.fearfully 可怕地;非常地;颇
n.fear 害怕;恐惧;敬畏;担心
fearfulness 可怕;厉害
vi.fear 害怕;敬畏;为…担心
vt.fear 害怕;敬畏;为…担心
Adjective
1. 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"
2. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted;
"cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
3. extremely distressing;
"fearful slum conditions"
"a frightful mistake"
"suffered terrible thirst"
4. timid by nature or revealing timidity;
"timorous little mouse"
"in a timorous tone"
"cast fearful glances at the large dog"
5. experiencing or showing fear;
"a fearful glance"
"fearful of criticism"
fearful of惧怕
这组词都有“害怕的、可怕的”的意思,其区别是:
appalling指既令害怕又使人惊异、胆寒。
afraid指由于胆小或怯懦而不敢说或做某事。
frightful指使人陷入短暂的惊恐或产生毛骨悚然的感觉。
terrible侧重指给人以长久的惊骇,极端的恐怖,令人难以忍受。
terrific多指外表、形状或力量等的可怕。
fearful普通用词,既指外界情况变化而引起的恐惧,又指来自内心的害怕与焦虑。
horrible指因骇人听闻的丑恶而令人毛骨悚然,着重厌恶的成分多于害怕。
dreadful指使人非常恐惧,毛骨悚然,也使人感到讨厌而退缩。
awful指威严得令人害怕或敬畏,有一定的感情色彩。
以上来源于网络
14世纪中期,“引起恐惧的”,来自 fear(名词)+ -ful。意思是“充满恐惧,胆小”(现在不太常见),也来自14世纪中期。作为一种强调,从1630年代开始使用。相关词汇: Fearfully; fearfulness。
Middle English feerful, fereful "inspiring dread, frightened," from fer fear >entry 1 + -ful -ful >entry 1
The first known use of fearful was in the 14th century
feasibleadjective
possible to do or carry out
fearfuladjective
causing fear
the fearful roar of a lion
filled with fear
fearful of danger
showing or caused by fear
a fearful glance
extremely bad, large, or intense
fearful cold
1 The nurse on duty was fearful that the patient should get worse.
值班的护士担心病人的病情会恶化.
2 Along the way they were joined by other kids, who were waiting, their eyes at once fearful and excited.
3 Now Ching was a fearful and timid man and however bad the times were he did not dare as Wang Lung did to exclaim against Heaven.
4 I wore dark glasses, which allowed me to peer out wherever I wanted without anybody being able to see how fearful I was.
5 Ofelia was afraid of the attention men once paid her but seemed more fearful now of her invisibility.
6 Both faces were grave, and when the Paqo was done, the messenger’s expression was fearful.
7 An old woman who had been stacking the bread stood back when she saw them, her eyes fearful.
8 His doubt of her made him fearful and angry.
9 The boy smiled, and said, "Poor fool, why so fearful?"
这孩子笑着说:“可怜的傻瓜,为什么这么害怕?”
10 This man, Lee, had become a legend, a fearful one for the North.
11 She hurried back, fearful of her geraniums, and opened the door—at which he was already scratching—half expecting him to run.
12 In the morning he stepped from his tent looking haggard, fearful and guilt-ridden, an eaten shell of a human building rocking perilously on the brink of collapse.
13 I was not going to end up like my Grandma, fearful and shriveled.
14 In the morning I set about it, though I felt very fearful.
15 Although I was still fearful of God’s wrath, I reasoned with myself that my passing the ACT was so unlikely, it would take an act of God.
16 The circumstances had been so different then, when she entered the cavernous room and limped alone down its central aisle hungry, lonely, and fearful for her life.
17 As soon as Gurgi saw what it was, he hunched up his shoulders, and with many fearful glances behind him, turned and crept off to a safe distance.
18 Parents are ever fearful for their children.
父母总是为子女担忧。
19 From the picture we may see that the fearful smoke raises from New York Manhattan's horizon.
从照片中我们可以看到,可怕的浓烟从纽约曼哈顿的地平线升起.
20 The girl turned and stared back, quizzically, a little accusing and a little fearful, as if to ask, Is there something on my face or are you just a spaz?
1 厉害
bad sound strong perfect heavy powerful smart holy severe terrible dear violent keen awful acute desperate sore nasty bitter rude sweeping crying frantic uncanny murderous egregious unholy overbearing acrimonious slashing parlous snell perishing squally acerb best blind heavily badly terribly sharply sorely bitterly smartly soundly smartish severity such damnable sweet
2 非常糟
3 令人恐惧的
6 忧虑
concerned nervous anxious troubled uneasy dreary apprehensive pensive concernment care concern trouble anxiety disturbance unease disquiet disquietude distress apprehend fear worry brood take to heart distressed fraught angsty angst-ridden thought grief flap funk apprehension agitation spectre angst heartache perturbation indaba fuss vex
7 非常
hell-fired one great such high big incredible extreme vast terrible supreme unlimited extraordinary violent precious damn awful sore terrific shocking mortal piping almighty monumental first-class blooming ferocious excruciating equatorial unholy rousing howling crass frightful devilish stinking thundering fiendish dripping exceeding surpassing bally deuced gey all-fired dad-blamed dad-blasted dad-burned SO just some most way very much right too something full ever real quite extremely plenty proper bone perfectly incredibly greatly deeply passing sadly surprisingly deadly fucking mighty bloody overly exceptionally hugely remarkably terribly vastly immensely unusually whopping tremendously infinitely excessively flipping horribly cracking exceedingly extraordinarily damned jolly wondrous awfully sorely roaring cursed woefully heartily madly thrice mightily eminently fabulously deathly divinely singularly hellish cruelly darned ruddy phenomenally helluva mortally beastly thumping spanking rattling uncommonly dreadfully fearfully terrifically egregiously monstrously monumentally fiendishly frightfully aplenty vera whacking overmuch colossally hellishly screamingly inexpressibly clinking staving damnably deplorably surpassingly perishing molto muchly corking confoundedly deucedly unco tarnation perishingly immortally goldurn cursedly unlimitedly parlously tarnal and sight a devil of a more than somewhat above measure out of measure to a high degree ever such a deuce of a the deuce of a to the nail like a brick like bricks ad extremum as all get out for all get out like all get out and how a great deal good and by far a good deal a most a hell of a as anything ever so fine and more than a little to a degree a heck of a a hell of a lot to a great extent nothing if not far and away the worst way no end of like a ton of bricks choice signal exceptional remarkable singular towering egregious preternatural far extra rarely bitter materially parlous sopping all too right down not a little a devil of an out of all Scotch like sin fit to bust all champion holy prize fabulous uncommon exquisite sensational undue frantic colossal prodigious gallows raving doggone confounded measureless too-too so hard least pretty simply dog amazing regular highly super powerful properly rare curious tremendous badly desperate immense cruel boiling stink dreadful monstrous swinging miserably first-rate heaps sevenfold tiptop signally blamed swingeing trop assai amain plaguily bokoo lot freaking deep serious bleeding dire raging concerted ungodly freaky shitless plaguey duper gosh-awful enough nation lots mainly dirty furthest hefty rotten filthy daisy dearly blinking worst ripping licking tearing mondo beaucoup dooms braw consumedly gradely mob per- a vast deal quite too all to pieces more than as hell to pieces rare and never so like fun as you please to the wide as sin
8 害怕
cowhearted afraid scared windy frightened terrified fearsome intimidated white-knuckled awe-struck afeared afeard awe-stricken fearfully windily tremor fear dread affright be fearful of be frightened of be terrified of get the wind up afraid to in terror cold feet nervous trauma chill fright rock scare terrify unnerve shake in your boots funky spooky eerie eery spookish pavid willie shrink frighten apprehend catch awe funk
9 敬畏的
10 恐怖的
scary sick terrible horrible awful horrific dreaded horrendous gruesome horrid ghastly macabre
11 可怕
awesome holy terrible horrible awful terrific mortal dire terrifying disastrous grim formidable dreadful appalling horrifying gruesome hideous horrid fearsome unholy ungodly ghastly macabre grisly hellish frightful unearthly redoubtable ghostlike hellacious direful macaber terribly tremendously horribly awfully dreadfully hideously fearfully appallingly frightfully hellishly ghastliness scary ugly horrendous unspeakable petrifying horrendously unspeakably ugliness grimness fell horrent eldritch sick tremendous wicked fierce dread horrific spooky monstrous eerie lurid unchristian frightfulness hideosity ghastful glorious elemental almighty furry hairy uncanny dismal ghostly perilous morbid thunderous forbidding devilish portentous squally unco ugsome juggernaut groady dirty desperate ferocious gaunt uncouth blood-and-guts grewsome sweet deadly hell of a as hell
12 吓人
13 担忧
afraid alarmed fear alarm misgivings sweat stew exercise concern rattle unsettle nervous worried issue care worry lie heavy hang heavy weigh on
14 担心
concerned anxious collywobbles concern worry anxiety suspense angst misdoubt fear trouble doubt bother fidget reck nervous concerning worried stressful uneasy apprehensive suspenseful bothered panicky stressed out perturbed stressy care apprehension perturbation disquiet stress bug dread perturb have on your mind lose sleep about lose sleep over tremble to think get in a sweat concern yourself afraid scared tense fraught alarmed lest grief indaba alarm sweat ruffle be in a sweat about be in a sweat get in a sweat about tear apart tear up streaky solicitous misgiving solicitude mind tremble wind disturbance unease disquietude concernment worriment gaingiving graum apprehend fret guts haveon chest sweat it
15 极糟的
16 胆怯的
funky milky timid yellow coward craven skittish timorous pusillanimous weak-kneed unheroic poor-spirited chicken-hearted pigeon-hearted scary sheepish diffident lily-livered chickenhearted pavid
17 虔诚
serious Christian holy religious faithful pi godly devout pious prayerful God-fearing pietistic heavenly-minded holily devotion piety sanctity pietism
19 担心的
queasy uneasy concerned afraid distraught apprehensive vexed worry anxious nervous concerning worried suspenseful bothered panicky stressed out perturbed stressy streaky solicitous disquiet
20 极坏的
classic awful vile appalling hideous egregious abysmal ghastly villainous abominable woeful execrable the devil's own horrible horrific dreadful wretched excruciating frightful wicked monumental unholy pitiful fiendish god-awful
21 可怖的
23 恐惧
scared horror terror dread phobia apprehension fright terrify unnerve paranoid terrified apprehensive shaken scare funk spectre trepidation chill rattle repel tremble scare off afraid frightened fearfully fear
24 极坏
classic awful vile appalling hideous egregious abysmal ghastly villainous abominable woeful execrable awfully the devil's own
25 极端的
very extreme terrible burning deadly terrific dire sublime raging blistering rabid unholy abysmal howling frightful immoderate
26 害怕的
cowhearted afraid scared windy frightened terrified fearsome intimidated white-knuckled awe-struck afeared afeard awe-stricken nervous funky spooky eerie eery spookish pavid
28 非常的
great such high big incredible extreme vast terrible supreme unlimited extraordinary violent precious damn awful sore terrific mortal piping almighty monumental first-class blooming ferocious excruciating equatorial unholy rousing howling crass frightful devilish thundering fiendish exceeding surpassing bally deuced gey all-fired a devil of a a deuce of a the deuce of a a hell of a a heck of a to a great extent no end of choice signal exceptional remarkable singular towering egregious preternatural a devil of an all champion holy prize fabulous deadly mighty uncommon exquisite whopping sensational undue damned frantic colossal prodigious gallows thumping raving doggone confounded whacking measureless sevenfold freaking tarnal deep tremendous bleeding cruel dire raging concerted ungodly freaky ruddy plaguey duper very
30 极大的
huge mighty great fat royal extreme severe enormous tremendous terrific mega mortal Savage crying astronomical howling incalculable ginormous thundering outsize whacking maha strong signal fantastic infinite almighty monumental immeasurable sky-high measureless stonking
31 虔诚的
serious Christian holy religious faithful pi godly devout pious prayerful God-fearing pietistic heavenly-minded
33 恐惧的
34 可怕的
awesome holy terrible horrible awful terrific mortal dire terrifying disastrous grim formidable dreadful appalling horrifying gruesome hideous horrid fearsome unholy ungodly ghastly macabre grisly hellish frightful unearthly redoubtable ghostlike hellacious direful macaber foul horrific frightening horrendous eerie tremendous dread Gothic dreaded monstrous fell lurid eldritch scary ugly unspeakable petrifying horrent sick wicked fierce spooky unchristian hairy ghastful glorious elemental almighty furry uncanny dismal ghostly perilous morbid thunderous forbidding devilish portentous squally unco ugsome juggernaut groady dirty desperate ferocious gaunt uncouth blood-and-guts grewsome sweet hell of a
35 担忧的