Definition of "fearsome" []

• Causing or capable of causing fear: "The Devil is a fearsome enemy” ( Jimmy Breslin). (adjective)
• Fearful; timid. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "WEINSTEIN: Well, politics is part of what I call the fearsome foursome -- sex, money, religion and politics."
• "Cthulhu is gonna be really pissed when he finds out they called his fearsome snoring "The Bloop"."
• "I don’t always agree with Microsoft (Dare works at MS), and of course I’m scared of them, but I’m scared of Google too and at one point Tim’s employer threw its weight around in fearsome ways, but come on, keep the personal attacks out of it."