Fearful | Mean of fearful in English Dictionary

/ˈfiɚfəl/

• feeling fear
1. He plays the role of a timid and fearful clerk.
2. fearful [=afraid] of danger
3. He was fearful of being left behind. = He was fearful that he would be left behind.
4. She was fearful for their safety. [=she was afraid that they were not safe]
• showing or caused by fear
1. a fearful glance
• very bad or extreme
1. a fearful waste
2. fearful cold
3. They won the war but at a fearful cost.

• causing fear
1. I spent a fearful night alone in the woods.