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dread

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dread [dred]
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: angst
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: feeling of anxiety
Synonyms: Weltschmerz, agony, apprehension, blues, depression, dread, mid-life crisis, misgiving, nervousness, uneasiness
Main Entry: anxiety
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: worry, tension
Synonyms: all-overs, angst, ants in pants, 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, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies, worriment
Antonyms: assurance, calmness, composure, contentment, ease, happiness, nonchalance, peace, tranquility
Main Entry: apprehension
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: anxiety, fear
Synonyms: alarm, apprehensiveness, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, foreboding, misgiving, mistrust, premonition, presage, presentiment, suspicion, trepidation, uneasiness, worry
Antonyms: calmness, ease
Main Entry: aversion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dislike; opposition
Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, allergy, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, detestation, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, disliking, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, dread, hate, hatred, having no use for, horror, hostility, indisposition, loathing, odium, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, unwillingness
Notes: aversion is something that originates from within, whereas adversity is something that originates from without; adverse is usually applied to situations while averse is used to describe a person's attitude
Antonyms: affection, attachment, care, fondness, kindness, like, liking, love, sympathy
Main Entry: awe
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amazement
Synonyms: admiration, apprehension, astonishment, consternation, dread, esteem, fear, fright, horror, regard, respect, reverence, shock, stupefaction, terror, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship
Antonyms: calmness, coolness, expectation, familiarity, intimacy, steadiness
Main Entry: consternation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dismay, distress
Synonyms: alarm, amazement, anxiety, awe, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, dread, fear, fright, horror, muddle, muddlement, panic, perplexity, shock, stupefaction, terror, trepidation, trepidity, wonder
Antonyms: calm, composure, happiness, peacefulness, tranquility
Main Entry: dismay
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disappointed feeling; distress
Synonyms: agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, blue funk, blues, bummer, chagrin, cold feet, consternation, discouragement, disheartenment, disillusionment, downer, dread, dumps, fear, fright, funk, hassle, horror, letdown, panic, terror, the blahs, trepidation, upset
Antonyms: assurance, confidence, encouragement, happiness
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
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