Another word for afraid
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Another word for afraid
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Apprehensive of the future
Gripped by fear
- in a funk
- out of one's senses
- out of one's wits
- scared-stiff
- scared-to-death
- frightened to death
- white-as-a-sheet
- ashen
- blanched
- as though looking into an abyss
- in consternation
- in awe
- trembling
- struck dumb
- affrighted
- unnerved
- rattled
- stunned
- horrified
- aroused
- startled
- alarmed
- nerves all shot
- aghast
- frozen
- shocked
- petrified
- terrorized
- terror-stricken
- in a fright
- panic-stricken
- terrified
- frightened
- scared
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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