Fearful

7 lettersadjectivecommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Feeling or showing a strong sense of fear or dread about something.

“She was fearful of the long journey through the mountain pass during the winter months.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ˈfɪəfəl/

Syllables

fear·ful

Related Words

Synonyms

awful dire direful dread dreadeddreadfulfearsomefrightening

Antonyms

brave

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains EAR in positions 2-4 and ends in -FUL, the EAR cluster is one of the most useful Wordle substrings

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Scrabble

Worth 13 points, F appears twice adding 4 points each time making this a high-value seven-letter word

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Words you can make from Fearful

Shorter words formed from the letters in “fearful”.

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