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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
| Synonyms: | approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, worm, wriggle, writhe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear |
| Synonyms: | affright, alarm, apprehension, aversion, awe, cold feet, consternation, creeps, dismay, fright, funk, goose bumps, horror, jitters, panic, phobia, stage fright, terror, trepidation, trepidity, worriment |
| Antonyms: | bravery, confidence, courage, encouragement, want, welcoming |
| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alarm, apprehension |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, agitation, angst, anxiety, aversion, awe, bête noire, chickenheartedness, cold feet, cold sweat, concern, consternation, cowardice, creeps, despair, discomposure, dismay, disquietude, distress, doubt, dread, faintheartedness, foreboding, fright, funk, horror, jitters, misgiving, nightmare, panic, phobia, presentiment, qualm, recreancy, reverence, revulsion, scare, suspicion, terror, timidity, trembling, tremor, trepidation, unease, uneasiness, worry |
| Antonyms: | bravery, courage, fearlessness, heroism, unconcern |
| Main Entry: | nervousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxious state |
| Synonyms: | agitation, all-overs, anger, animation, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, delirium, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, excitability, feverishness, fidgets, flap, fluster*, fuss*, impatience, jitters, jumps, moodiness, neurasthenia, neuroticism, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, stage fright, stimulation, stress, tension, timidity, tizzy, to-do, touchiness, trembles, tremulousness, turbulence, uneasiness, willies, worry |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, collectedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trepidation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxiety, worry |
| Synonyms: | agitation, alarm, apprehension, blue funk, butterflies, cold feet, cold sweat, consternation, creeps, dismay, disquiet, disturbance, dread, emotion, excitement, fear, fright, goose bumps, horror, jitters, nervousness, palpitation, panic, perturbation, shock, terror, trepidity, uneasiness, worriment |
| Antonyms: | calm, contentment, happiness |
| Main Entry: | goose bumps |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | raised bumps on skin |
| Synonyms: | cold creeps, cold shivers, creeps, goose pimples, gooseflesh, heebie-jeebies, horripilation, jimjams, willies |
| Main Entry: | jitters |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nervous restlessness |
| Synonyms: | agitation, all-overs, anger, animation, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, delirium, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, excitability, feverishness, fidget, fidgets, flap, fluster*, fuss*, impatience, jump, jumps, moodiness, neurasthenia, neuroticism, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, shiver, stage fright, stimulation, stress, tension, timidity, tizzy, to-do, touchiness, tremble, trembles, tremulousness, turbulence, uneasiness, willies, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxiety |
| Synonyms: | all-overs, angst, ants in pants, anxiousness, apprehension, botheration, butterflies, care, cold sweat, concern, creeps, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer, drag*, dread, fidgets, flap, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss*, goose bumps, heebie-jeebies, jitters, jumps, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nail-biting, needles, nervousness, panic*, pins and needles, restlessness, shakes, shivers, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies, worriment, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nuisance |
| Synonyms: | bother, bromide, bummer, creep*, deadhead, downer, drag*, drip*, dull person, flat tire, headache, nag, nudge, pain, pain in the neck, pest, pill, soporific, stuffed shirt, tedious person, tiresome person, wet blanket, wimp*, yawn |
| Notes: | a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious |
| Antonyms: | charmer, exciter, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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