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fearfulness
[feer-fuhl] 
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fearfulness
[feer-fuhl]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear |
| Synonyms: | affright, alarm, angst, apprehension, concern, distress, dread, fright, horror, panic, perturbation, terror, threat, trepidation, uneasiness, worry |
| Main Entry: | stress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical or mental pressure |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, alarm, albatross, anxiety, apprehensiveness, burden, clutch, crunch, disquiet, disquietude, distention, draw, dread, expectancy, extension, fear, fearfulness, ferment, flutter, force, hardship, hassle, heat, impatience, intensity, misgiving, mistrust, nervous tension, nervousness, oppression, overextension, passion, protraction, pull, restlessness, spring, strain, stretch, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, tightness, traction, trauma, trepidation, trial, urgency, worry |
| Antonyms: | indifference, relaxation |
| Main Entry: | terror |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense fear |
| Synonyms: | alarm, anxiety, awe, consternation, dismay, dread, fearfulness, fright, horror, intimidation, panic, shock, trepidation, trepidity |
| Notes: | terror is stronger than horror, though it usually lasts for a shorter time |
| Antonyms: | cheer, glee, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | timidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear |
| Synonyms: | cowardice, cowardliness, faintheartedness, fearfulness, timorousness |
| Antonyms: | audacity, boldness, guts, nerve, stoutheartedness |
| Main Entry: | anxiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxiety |
| Synonyms: | agita, anguish, apprehension, apprehensiveness, concern, disquiet, disquietude, distress, fearfulness, nervousness, pins and needles, solicitude, unease, uneasiness, worry |
| Main Entry: | chickenheartedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cowardice |
| Synonyms: | cowardliness, cravenness, faint-heartedness, fearfulness, poltroonery, pusillanimity, timidity |
| Main Entry: | cowardliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cowardice |
| Synonyms: | chickenheartedness, dastardliness, faint-heartedness, fearfulness, pusillanimity, pusillanimousness, spinelessness, timidity, unmanliness |
| Main Entry: | cravenness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cowardice |
| Synonyms: | chickenheartedness, cowardliness, dastardliness, faint-heartedness, fearfulness, pusillanimity, pusillanimousness, spinelessness, timidity, unmanliness |
| Main Entry: | dastardliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cowardice |
| Synonyms: | chickenheartedness, cowardliness, faint-heartedness, fearfulness, pusillanimity, pusillanimousness, spinelessness, timidity, unmanliness |
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