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fearsome

adjective as in afraid

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And the NHL’s most fearsome netminder suddenly looked as impenetrable as a colander.

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As is the case in these mysteries, the upstanding citizens are propped up by a whole lot of lowlifes, but few as fearsome as Scott Shepherd’s chilly construction manager, Allen Murphy.

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It was a time when the Turkish Baybasins gang, also known as the Hackney Turks, or Bombacilars, had a fearsome reputation.

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Her steely determination helped her brush off such a brutal defeat, as well as making her a fearsome opponent.

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A jagged behemoth straddling the China-Pakistan border, it is a mountain with a fearsome reputation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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