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“fearfulness” in Latin
timiditāstimidity; fearfulness, cowardicepavorThe act of trembling, quaking, throbbing or panting with fear.; Fear, alarm, terror, fright, panic.; Fear through expecttrepidātiōagitation, confusion, trepidation; the act of trembling or twitchingignāviainactivity, laziness, idleness, sloth, listlessness; cowardice, worthlessnessterrora dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an object of fear or dreadatrōcitāsatrocity; hardship, suffering, tragedy, disasterimmānitāsimmensity, vastness, excess; monstrousness, enormity, fierceness, cruelty, barbarism, savageness, inhumanity, frightfulnfoeditāsfoulness, filthiness; horridness, hideousness, ugliness, deformity
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fearfulness
Timidity, timiditas: pavor: trepidatio: ignavia [SYN. in FEAR.]
Terrible nature (of anything), terror; better plur., terrores. Sometimes atrocitas, immanitas, foeditas, may do.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fearfulness?
- The usual Latin words for “fearfulness” are timiditās, pavor, trepidātiō; also ignāvia, terror, atrōcitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.