fearsome
adjective
causing fear.
fearsomeness
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a word derived from
fearsome.
Example Sentences
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Despite the fearsomeness of the historical figure, Chang-Eppig’s Shek Yeung is pensive and passive.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2023
He is the canny underdog who, with skill and wits, makes up for what he lacks in fearsomeness and brawn.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
Each time, the flames blazed with a demonic fearsomeness, as if I were Jimi Hendrix and the grill was my guitar.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2017
Walk up a sloping corridor and into the new hall and there it is—the Roskilde 6—its majestic lines re-created by a curved steel frame which, strangely, adds to its fearsomeness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2014
Near the steps they slowed down, moved cautiously around the house, for there was a certain fearsomeness about visitors too.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
