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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | terrified |
| Synonyms: | afraid, fearful, frozen, horrified, hysterical, panicky, scared |
| Main Entry: | startled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frightened |
| Synonyms: | afraid, alarmed, scared, shocked, spooked, stunned, surprised, terrified |
| Main Entry: | pusillanimous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, chicken, cowardly, gutless, tame, timid, timorous |
| Main Entry: | troubled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried |
| Synonyms: | afraid, aggravated, agitated, alarmed, anguished, annoyed, anxious, apprehensive, beset, bothered, chagrined, concerned, confused, discombobulated*, disconcerted, displeased, disquieted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, exacerbated, fearful, flustered, frightened, harried, harrowed, in a tizzy, inconvenienced, irked, irritated, miffed, mortified, overwrought, pained, perplexed, perturbed, pestered, plagued, provoked, put out, puzzled, riled, ruffled, scared, shaken, terrified, tormented, tortured, uneasy, unsettled, upset, vexed, worried stiff |
| Antonyms: | at ease, calm, collected, composed, cool, peaceful, quiet, settled, untroubled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unmanly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak |
| Synonyms: | afraid, cowardly, fainthearted, fearful, pusillanimous, timid |
| Antonyms: | manly, strong |
| Main Entry: | lily-livered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
| Synonyms: | afraid, chicken, fainthearted, gutless, timid, yellow |
| Antonyms: | brave |
| Main Entry: | vacillant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant |
| Synonyms: | afraid, averse, backward, dawdling, delaying, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, doubting, faltering, half-hearted, halting, hanging back, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lacking confidence, lazy, loath, pendulous, reluctant, shilly-shally, shy*, skeptical, slow, tentative, timid, uneager, unpredictable, unsure, unwilling, vacillating, vacillatory, wavering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vacillatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant |
| Synonyms: | afraid, averse, backward, dawdling, delaying, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, doubting, faltering, half-hearted, halting, hanging back, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lacking confidence, lazy, loath, pendulous, reluctant, shilly-shally, shy*, skeptical, slow, tentative, timid, uneager, unpredictable, unsure, unwilling, vacillant, vacillating, wavering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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