fearsome

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fearsome

/ˈfɪəsəm/ Australia, UK
/ˈfɪːsəm/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈfɪjəsəm/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈfɪɹsəm/ US
/ˈfiəsəm/ New Zealand
/ˈfiɾsəm/ Scotland
[ˈfiːɾsəm] Scotland

Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)səm

Where it comes from

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

adjective more fearsome · most fearsome

Frightening, especially in appearance. fearsome reputation
archaic, rare fearful, frightened

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: frightening, fearful, alarming, dreaded, dread, direful, terrible, horrific, dreadful, horrendous, awful, dire, terrifying, scary, frightful, spooky

Translations

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adj frightening, especially in appearance

Español	temible
中文	可怕的
Português	temível
Français	effroyable, effrayant
Deutsch	fürchterlich, furchterregend
Русский	страшный strašnyj, грозный groznyj

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@misc{fearsome_2026,
  title = {fearsome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fearsome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}