How do you say “fearful” in Vietnamese?

“Fearful” in Vietnamese is đáng sợ (awesome), ngại (worried), dễ sợ (scary).

Vietnamese words for “fearful”

• đáng sợListenadjective
  Hanoi [ʔɗaːŋ˧˦ səː˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɗaːŋ˦˥ ʂəː˨˩˨]đáng rising sợ heavy

  awesome; dreaded; fearful

  for “fearful” meaning: Frightening; causing fear.

• ngạiListenadjective
  Hanoi [ŋaːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ŋaːj˨˩˨]ngại heavy

  worried; hesitant; fearful

• dễ sợListenadjective
  Hanoi [ze˦ˀ˥ səː˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [jej˨˩˦ ʂəː˨˩˨]dễ creaky rising sợ heavy

  scary; horrible; fearful

Related Vietnamese words

• sợListenverb

  to fear; to be afraid

• sợ hãiListenadjective

  scared; afraid

• nơm nớpListenadjective

  fearful; anxious; nervous

• sợ sệtListenverb

  to be fearful; to be afraid; to be timid

• khủngListenadjective

  awesomely huge

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.