fearsome
Adjektivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈfɪːsəm//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈfɪjəsəm//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈfɪɹsəm//
- Australien//ˈfɪəsəm//
- Neuseeland//ˈfiəsəm//
Frightening, especially in appearance.
Adjektiv
- 1
Frightening, especially in appearance.
fearsome reputation
fearsome weapon
truly fearsome
The warriors faced a fearsome enemy.
- 2
altertümlichfearful, frightened
Herkunft
Etymology tree English fear Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English fearsome From fear + -some. Compare German furchtsam (“fearful”, obsolete also “fearsome”); this is more closely equivalent to English frightsome, however.
Formen
- Komparativ
- more fearsome
- Superlativ
- most fearsome