fearful

“a fearful glance”

“fearful of criticism”

“a fearful howling”

Synonyms:: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

“cast fearful glances at the large dog”

: afraid
filled with fear or apprehension; timid
showing fear and lack of confidence; caitiff
despicably mean and cowardly; chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied
easily frightened; craven, recreant
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; dastard, dastardly
despicably cowardly; faint, faint-hearted, fainthearted, timid
lacking conviction or boldness or courage; funky
in a state of cowardly fright; poltroon
characterized by complete cowardliness; poor-spirited, pusillanimous, unmanly
lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful; ignoble
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose

Antonyms:: brave, courageous
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; adventuresome, adventurous
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; fearless, unafraid
oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them; bold
fearless and daring; desperate, heroic
showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; gallant
unflinching in battle or action; game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
willing to face danger; lionhearted
extraordinarily courageous; stalwart, stouthearted
used especially of persons; undaunted
resolutely courageous; valiant, valorous
having or showing valor; resolute
firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; show more antonyms...

“fearful slum conditions”

DEFINITIONS OF: fearful