fearful
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alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying
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With Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez and Lautaro Martinez and others all capable of posing a threat, Valverde will have earmarked the trip to Italy as a match to be fearful of. — SI.com, "Barcelona Champions League Fixtures: Confirmed Schedule for 2019/20," 30 Aug. 2019 In Santa Cruz, a clandestine food bank draws hundreds of farmworkers who are fearful of immigration enforcement and turning to an underground network. — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, "Newsletter: Film festivals, the L.A. County Fair and more in the week ahead," 26 Aug. 2019 Moe was desperate for relief and fearful for his future. — Emily Underwood, Science | AAAS, "Brain scans could help personalize treatment for people who are depressed or suicidal," 20 Aug. 2019 Not one that’s just fearful and full of locked doors, and maybe somebody will hurt me today, or not, tomorrow morning. — The New Yorker, "Toni Morrison on Her Last Novel and the Voices of Her Characters," 7 Aug. 2019 Television executives were more fearful of asking audiences to laugh along with characters of color, concerned that such shows would be ignored by the majority-white audience. — David Canfield, EW.com, "They almost wrote Jennifer Aniston off the show?! An exclusive look at the making of Friends," 21 Aug. 2019 But research has shown that when people are fearful, oversimplified narratives, conspiratorial explanation, and messages that demonize others become far more effective. — Claire Wardle, Scientific American, "Misinformation Has Created a New World Disorder," 20 Aug. 2019 Second, investors are rightly fearful of the policies the pair may put in place. — The Economist, "Argentina faces the prospect of another default," 15 Aug. 2019 Growing up in a fearful environment manifested throughout my life in a self-destructive pattern. — Vikram Zutshi, Quartz India, "Why do abusive men (and the women who support them) behave the way they do?," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fearful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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