fearsome

English

Etymology

fear +‎ -some

Adjective

fearsome (comparative more fearsome, superlative most fearsome)

frightening, especially in appearance.
(rare or archaic) fearful, frightened

Related terms

fear
fearful

Translations

frightening, especially in appearance

Bulgarian: страшен (bg) (strašen), страховит (bg) (strahovit)
Catalan: temible
Chinese:
Mandarin: 可怕的
Finnish: pelottava (fi)
French: effroyable (fr), effrayant (fr)

German: fürchterlich (de), furchterregend (de)
Maori: wewehi, wehiwehi
Polish: straszny (pl)
Russian: страшный (ru) (strašnyj), грозный (ru) (groznyj)
Serbo-Croatian: zastràšujūćī (sh)

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