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fearful
adjective as in alarmed, apprehensive
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- aflutter
- aghast
- chicken
- chickenhearted
- diffident
- discomposed
- disquieted
- disturbed
- fainthearted
- goose-bumpy
- have cold feet
- in a dither
- intimidated
- jumpy
- lily-livered
- mousy
- nerveless
- nervy
- perturbed
- phobic
- pusillanimous
- quivery
- rabbity
- running scared
- shaky
- sheepish
- shrinking
- solicitous
- spineless
- timorous
- tremulous
- unmanly
- weak-kneed
- worried
- yellow
adjective as in horrifying
Weak matches
- appalling
- astounding
- atrocious
- awful
- baleful
- bloodcurdling
- creepy
- dire
- distressing
- dreadful
- eerie
- formidable
- frightful
- ghastly
- ghoulish
- grievous
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hair-raising
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrific
- lurid
- macabre
- monstrous
- morbid
- overwhelming
- redoubtable
- shocking
- shuddersome
- sinister
- strange
- sublime
- terrible
- tremendous
- unearthly
- unspeakable
Example Sentences
At the rally, Holly Mitchell, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors who represents the city’s 2nd District, says she’s fearful of going back to the days before Obamacare.
The people behind the illegal bloodsport carefully conceal their identities, fearful of arrest and prosecution.
"The enabling silence among critics fearful of retributions is already prevalent."
Which raises the question, why not help all officers feel safe enough to go unmasked, rather than allowing some to work in a fearful environment?
"You were fearful and in a state of shock. I just thought someone was shooting."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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