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Filled with fright; terrified
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- Filled with fright; terrified
Extreme, as in degree or extent. Used especially of something negative:
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- Extreme, as in degree or extent. Used especially of something negative:
- Feeling fear; afraid
- Inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.
Hard to understand; confusing
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Able or quick to apprehend or understand
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- Able or quick to apprehend or understand
- Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy:
- Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function:
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- Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function:
- Being or resulting from being emotionally or mentally troubled:
- Mentally or emotionally upset or unbalanced
Feeling great horror or dismay; terrified; horrified
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- Feeling great horror or dismay; terrified; horrified
- Struck by shock, terror, or amazement.
Hesitating or undecided; vacillating; doubtful
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- Hesitating or undecided; vacillating; doubtful
- Inclined or tending to hesitate.
Eagerly wishing
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- Eagerly wishing
- Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety:
- Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.
Vigorous in style or feeling; spirited:
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- Vigorous in style or feeling; spirited:
- Fearful; apprehensive
- Marked by or having a feeling of unease or apprehension:
Showing or caused by timidity
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- Showing or caused by timidity
- Full of or subject to fear; timid
Showing or practicing caution; careful.
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- Showing or practicing caution; careful.
- Full of caution; careful to avoid danger; circumspect; wary
- Tentative or restrained; guarded:
Affording no ease or reassurance:
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- Affording no ease or reassurance:
- Awkward or unsure in manner; constrained:
- Lacking a sense of security; anxious or apprehensive:
Easily frightened; lacking self-confidence; shy; timorous
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- Easily frightened; lacking self-confidence; shy; timorous
- Showing fear or lack of self-confidence; hesitant
- Lacking self-confidence; shy.
Creating unnecessary fuss.
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- Creating unnecessary fuss.
- Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget.
- Nervous; uneasy
Frightened into submission.
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Affected by intimidation
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- Affected by intimidation
- Having the emotion of dismay.
Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
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- Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
Exhibiting signs and symptoms of indigestion:
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- Exhibiting signs and symptoms of indigestion:
- In a state of emotional or mental distress; distraught:
- Having been overturned:
Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.
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- Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.
- Cowardly; timid; shy
Easily startled
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- Easily startled
- Moving in jumps, jerks, or abrupt variations
- Nervous and excited.
(Obs.) Knowing
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- (Obs.) Knowing
- Suspicious or distrustful; wary:
- Cautious, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.
Made of chicken
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- Made of chicken
- Afraid; cowardly.
- (Mil. Slang) Characterized by unnecessary discipline or pettiness
Not firm, substantial, or secure; weak, unsound, or unsteady
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Filled with fright; terrified
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- Filled with fright; terrified
Extremely frightened.
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- Extremely frightened.
Stricken with panic; badly frightened; hysterical and out of control from fear
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- Stricken with panic; badly frightened; hysterical and out of control from fear
- Overcome by panic; terrified.
- Very frightened, and unable to react sensibly because of panic.
Overcome with terror
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- Overcome with terror
- Extremely afraid.
Affected as if turned into ice; made motionless
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- Affected as if turned into ice; made motionless
- Without warmth or affection in behavior, manners, etc.
- Rendered immobile:
- Extremely shocked.
- Frightened.
- Struck with horror.
Of, relating to, or made from the wood of the ash tree.
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- Of, relating to, or made from the wood of the ash tree.
- Like ashes, esp. in color; pale; pallid
- Resembling ashes, especially in color; very pale:
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confident
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self-assured
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fearless
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brave
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unafraid
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bold
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Feeling great horror or dismay; terrified; horrified
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- Feeling great horror or dismay; terrified; horrified
- Struck by shock, terror, or amazement.
Able or quick to apprehend or understand
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- Able or quick to apprehend or understand
- Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy:
- Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
Experiencing fear; frightened:
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- Experiencing fear; frightened:
- Extreme, as in degree or extent. Used especially of something negative:
- Showing or resulting from fear
Frightening, especially in appearance.
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- Frightening, especially in appearance.
- (Now Rare) Frightened; timid
- Fearful; timid.
Unconventional or eccentric; offbeat or odd:
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- Unconventional or eccentric; offbeat or odd:
- (Music) Having a style reminiscent of simple blues; bluesy.
- Having a moldy or musty smell:
- In a state of panic.
(Now Chiefly Dial.) Frightened; afraid
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- (Now Chiefly Dial.) Frightened; afraid
Afraid.
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- Afraid.
fear
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Synonym Study
- Terrified implies intense, overwhelming fear he stood terrified as the tiger charged
- Timorous suggests fearfulness and lack of confidence as a habitual state of mind raised a timorous objection
- Fearful suggests a feeling of disquiet and a tendency to worry rather than an alarming fear fearful of making an error
- Timid implies a lack of courage or self-confidence and suggests overcautiousness or shyness too timid to ask for an explanation
- Frightened implies a sudden, usually temporary seizure of fear the child was frightened by the dog
- Afraid is applied to a general feeling of fear or disquiet and is the broadest in application of all the words considered here to be afraid of the dark, to be afraid to die
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