fearsome

Adjective Satellite

causing fear or dread or terror

Adj

frightening, especially in appearance.
fearful, frightened

Adjective

Inspiring fear or awe; formidable.

Examples

His opponent’s FEARSOME vocabulary made every game a challenge in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From fear + -some. Compare German furchtsam (“fearful”, obsolete also “fearsome”); this is more closely equivalent to English frightsome, however.

Synonyms

awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

Scrabble Score: 13

fearsome: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fearsome: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fearsome: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

fearsome: valid Words With Friends Word