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fearsome

adj
/ˈfɪɹsəm/

Etymology

From fear + -some. Compare German furchtsam (“fearful”, obsolete also “fearsome”); this is more closely equivalent to English frightsome, however.

  1. inherited from fǣran
  2. inherited from feren
  3. derived from *per-✻
  4. inherited from *fērō✻
  5. inherited from fǣr
  6. inherited from feer
  7. formed as fearsome — “fear + -some”

Definitions

  1. frightening, especially in appearance.

    • fearsome reputation
    • fearsome weapon
    • truly fearsome

  2. fearful, frightened

The neighborhood

Derived

fearsomely, fearsomeness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fearsome. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA