Another word for fear
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Noun
Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger
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Verb
To be afraid of
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Another word for fear
Noun
Alarm occasioned by immediate danger
Antonyms:General apprehension
Verb
To anticipate immediate danger
Idioms:
for fear of
Synonym Study
- Panic refers to a frantic, unreasoning fear, often one that spreads quickly and leads to irrational, aimless action the cry of ``fire!"" created a panic
- Terror applies to an overwhelming, often paralyzing fear the terror of soldiers in combat
- Alarm implies the fright felt at the sudden realization of danger he felt alarm at the sight of the pistol
- Fright applies to a sudden, shocking, usually momentary fear the mouse gave her a fright
- Dread refers to the fear or depression felt in anticipating something dangerous or disagreeable to live in dread of poverty
- Fear is the general term for the anxiety and agitation felt at the presence of danger
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