fearsome

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

causing fear or dread or terror“the awful war”“an awful risk”“dire news”“a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked”“the dread presence of the headmaster”“polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was”“a dreadful storm”“a fearful howling”“horrendous explosions shook the city”“a terrible curse”Synonyms: awful dire direful dread(a)dreaded dreadful fearful frightening horrendous horrific terrible

Fearsome \Fear"some\ (f[=e]r"s[u^]m) a.

1.Frightful; causing fear. [Scotch] "This fearsome wind." --Sir W. Scott [1913 Webster]

2.Easily frightened; timid; timorous. "A silly fearsome thing." --B. Taylor [1913 Webster]