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fearful

/ˈfɪəfəl/
adjective
  1. Frightening.

  2. Tending to fear; timid.

    "a fearful boy"

  3. Terrible; shockingly bad.

Synonymsfrightened, timid, timorous
adverb
  1. Extremely; fearfully.

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