"scareful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more scareful [comparative], most scareful [superlative]
Etymology: From scare + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scare|ful|pos=adjective}} scare + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} scareful (comparative more scareful, superlative most scareful), {{tlb|en|rare}} (rare)
  1. Full of scare. Tags: rare
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