Fearsome
['fɪəs(ə)m] or ['fɪrsəm]
Definition
(a.) Frightful; causing fear.
(a.) Easily frightened; timid; timorous.
Inputed by Hodge
Examples
- And from the safety of his overhanging limb the ape-child sent back the fearsome answer of his kind. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I then knelt down beside the fearsome-looking thing, and raising it to its feet motioned for it to follow me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He had a very dark, fearsome face, and a gleam in his eyes that comes back to me in my dreams. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- For a moment the black line held, but only for a moment--then the fearsome beasts that bore equally terrible riders passed completely through it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- A blinding gust of smoke blotted out the tragedy within that fearsome cell--a shriek rang out, a single shriek, as the dagger fell. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- You doen't need to be so fearsome, and take on so much. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They are fearsome appearing brutes at best, but when they are aroused they are fully as dangerous as they look. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Do not tell me that a human throat voiced that hideous and fearsome shriek. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The deep cannonade of roaring thunder belched forth its fearsome challenge. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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