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