FEARFUL

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Traducere în limba română

fearful adjectiv

1. grozav, teribil; îngrozitor, înspăimântător.

2. fricos, temător; sfiicios, timid;

to be fearful of a-i fi teamă de;

to be fearful lest a-i fi teamă să nu;

to be fearful that a-i fi teamă că.

3. (înv.) serios, grav.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

On your forehead I touch this piece of Sacred Wafer in the name of the Father, the Son, and—There was a fearful scream which almost froze our hearts to hear.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

In the cold, morning light it was a fearful sight which met my eyes.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Uncle! A fearful cry followed the word.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He was regarded as the most fearful of wild beasts, and this was borne in to him through the bars of the cage.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Emma was sadly fearful that this second disappointment would be more severe than the first.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Mr. Allen attended her to Milsom Street, where she was to breakfast, and saw her seated with the kindest welcome among her new friends; but so great was her agitation in finding herself as one of the family, and so fearful was she of not doing exactly what was right, and of not being able to preserve their good opinion, that, in the embarrassment of the first five minutes, she could almost have wished to return with him to Pulteney Street.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

He had not seen Louisa; and was so extremely fearful of any ill consequence to her from an interview, that he did not press for it at all; and, on the contrary, seemed to have a plan of going away for a week or ten days, till her head was stronger.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Eager to be alone, and fearful of inquiries or hints from her uncle and aunt, she stayed with them only long enough to hear their favourable opinion of Bingley, and then hurried away to dress.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

This, and the manner in which it was said, immediately brought back to her remembrance all the circumstances of his quitting that place, with the uneasiness and suspicions they had caused to Mrs. Jennings, and she was fearful that her question had implied much more curiosity on the subject than she had ever felt.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

If you only knew what an effort it is to me to tell of this fearful thing at all, you would understand how much I need your help.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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