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Word entry · 8 letters

fearsome

Best crossword clue

"Very frightening"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɪɹsəm/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeefmorsStarts with FEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. causing fear or dread or terror

Word origin

From fear + -some. Compare German furchtsam (“fearful”, obsolete also “fearsome”); this is more closely equivalent to English frightsome, however.

Used in a sentence

  • fearsome reputation
  • fearsome weapon
  • truly fearsome

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