fearsome
adjective
causing fear.
fearsomeness
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a word derived from
fearsome.
Example Sentences
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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
The series’s dramatic drive comes from Pike, who gives Moiraine a burdened gravity and fearsomeness.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
In the past, he has expressed his belief in the fearsomeness of diversity and the power of women freed to simply be themselves rather than some socially mandated version of it.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2016
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
