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The trembling you feel and the dread you cause, sharing one anxious word.
means Feeling afraid, or so dramatic in scale that it inspires fear in others.
from From Old English faer, sudden danger, plus the suffix -ful, meaning full of — literally brimming with fright.
Two-faced wordDescribes both the scared and the scary.
Hyperbole dutyA fearful mess scares no one, just everyone.
Old cousinShares roots with German Gefahr, meaning danger.