The Clue
Scared (7 letter answer)
The Answer
FEARFUL
Tags
Notes
The answer FEARFUL is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
FEARFUL as an adjective:
1. (awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible) = causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
2. (cowardly, fearful) = lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
3. (fearful, frightful) = extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"
4. (fearful, timorous, trepid) = timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"
5. experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism"