fearsome

Word family  noun fear fearfulness ≠ fearlessness adjective fearful ≠ fearless fearsome verb fear adverb fearfully ≠ fearlessly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fear·some /ˈfɪəsəm $ ˈfɪr-/ adjective  FRIGHTENEDvery frightening 可怕的，吓人的 a fearsome weapon 可怕的武器

Examples from the Corpus

fearsome• Great big and fearsome Dimetrodon, a species of dinosaur, was the most powerful creature.• There was the other, fearsome, face of royalty.• They watched him intently, like a group of schoolboys would a fearsome master.• He would be a fearsome opponent.• Stalin's fearsome secret police

fear·some adjectiveChineseSyllable  

frightening very Corpus

fearsome
fear‧some /ˈfɪəsəm $ ˈfɪr-/ adjectivevery frightening:
    a fearsome weapon

fear·someBrE /ˈfɪəsəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɪrsəm/ 🔊 adjective (formal) making people feel very frightened 很可怕的；十分吓人的