| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anticipate with horror |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, be afraid, cringe, fear, have cold feet, misdoubt, quake, shrink from, shudder, tremble |
| Antonyms: | encourage, want, welcome |
| Main Entry: | terrible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad, horrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, appalling, atrocious, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, beastly, dangerous, desperate, dire, disastrous, disturbing, dread, dreaded, dreadful, extreme, fearful, frightful, ghastly, gruesome, harrowing, hateful, hideous, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, inconvenient, loathsome, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, petrifying, poor, repulsive, revolting, rotten, serious, severe, shocking, unfortunate, unnerving, unpleasant, unwelcome, vile |
| Antonyms: | good, great, nice, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | undesirable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive, unacceptable |
| Synonyms: | abominable, annoying, bothersome, defective, disagreeable, disliked, displeasing, distasteful, dreaded, icky, inadmissible, incommodious, inconvenient, inexpedient, insufferable, loathed, loathsome, objectionable, obnoxious, out of place, outcast, rejected, repellent, repugnant, scorned, shunned, to be avoided, troublesome, unattractive, unlikable, unpleasing, unpopular, unsatisfactory, unsavory, unsought, unsuitable, unwanted, unwelcome, unwished for, useless |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, appealing, desirable, pleasing, savory |
| Main Entry: | horrendous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | terrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, appalling, atrocious, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, beastly, dangerous, desperate, dire, disastrous, disturbing, dread, dreaded, dreadful, extreme, fearful, frightful, ghastly, gruesome, harrowing, hateful, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrifyin |
| Notes: | in decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid |
| Concept: | Fear. |
| Category: | 3. Prospective Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence; apprehensiveness, fearfulness; solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving; feeze [U.S.]; mistrust (doubt); suspicion, qualm; hesitation (irresoluion)., nervousness, restlessness; inquietude, disquietude; batophobia; heartquake; flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat; abject fear (cowardice); mortal funk, heartsinking, despondency; despair., fright; affright, affrightment; boof [U.S.] alarm, dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede [of horses]., intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror., [Object of fear] bug bear, bugaboo; scarecrow; hobgoblin (demon); nightmare, Gorgon, mormo, ogre, Hurlothrumbo, raw head and bloody bones, fee-faw-fum, bete noire, enfant terrible., alarmist (coward).
-verbs
fear, stand in awe of; be affraid; have qualms; apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance; distrust (disbelieve)., hesitate (be irresolute); falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk (cowardice); let " I dare not" wait upon "I would "; take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink; fly (avoid)., tremble, shake; shiver, shiver in one's shoes; shudder, flutter; shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over; quake, quaver, quiver, quail., grow pale, turn pale; blench, stand aghast; not dare to say one's soul is one's own., inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise apprehensions; be in a daze, bulldoze [U.S.]; faze, feeze [U.S.]; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm, startle, scare, cry "wolf," disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from one's propriety; fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony., make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter; take away one's breath, stop one's breath; make one tremble, haunt; prey on the mind, weigh on the mind., put in fear, put in bodily fear; terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage; browbeat, bully; threaten.
-adjectives
fearing; frightened; in fear, in a fright; haunted with the fear of; afeard., afraid, fearful; timid, timorous; nervous, diffident, coy, faint-hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety; more frightened than hurt., aghast; awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic- stricken, awestruck, awe-stricken, horror-strruck; frightened to death, white as a sheet; pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes; breathless, in hysterics., inspiring fear; alarming; formidable, redoubtable; perilous (danger); portentous; fearful; dread, dreadful; fell; dire, direful; shocking; terrible, terrific; tremendous; horrid, horrible, horrific; ghastly; awful, awe-inspiring; revolting (painful); Gorgonian.
-adverbs
in terrorem.
-phrases
ante tubam trepidat; horresco referens, one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox.faucibus haesit [Vergil].
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| Antonyms: | courage |
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