FEARSOME


Meaning of FEARSOME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfir-səm ]

adjective

Date: 1768

1.

a. : causing fear

a fearsome monster

b. : intense , extreme

fearsome determination

2. : timid , timorous

• fear·some·ly adverb

• fear·some·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.