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scanrúil — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fearful adj Feeling afraid or anxious.
  • fearsome adj Frightening, especially in appearance or reputation.
  • formidable adj Impressively strong, capable, or intimidating.
  • frightening adj Causing fear; scary.
  • frightful adj Causing shock, horror, or fear; dreadful.
  • grisly adv In a horrifying or gruesome manner.
  • scary adjective Causing fear or unease.

Senses

scanrúil is used for these senses in English:

  • fearful Frightening; causing fear.
  • fearful Tending to fear; timid.
  • fearsome frightening, especially in appearance.
  • formidable Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
  • frightening Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.
  • frightful Full of something causing fright, whether
  • grisly Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
  • scary (informal) To a scary extent; scarily.

fearful — full definition

  1. adj Feeling afraid or anxious.
  2. adj Causing fear; terrifying.
  3. adj Very bad or severe (informal intensifier).

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