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frightened

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"I've never really been frightened living in my own country, but I am now. It's scary."

From BBC

Thomas, the gentler of the two, draws most of Ray’s abuse, and it shapes him into a meek and easily frightened being.

From Salon

She was also a severe asthmatic, always followed by a "frightened minion carrying her asthma inhaler, as though it were a crown, or a sceptre of some sort".

From BBC

"A lot of people were crying around me. They were very frightened. I was trying to calm them down."

From BBC

People are so afraid that local restaurants have reported a plummet in reservations, as frightened folks stay at home rather than deal with bored and angry law enforcement.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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