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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trembling |
| Synonyms: | all aquiver, aquake, aquiver, ashake, faltering, fluctuant, infirm, insecure, jellylike, jerry-built, jittery, nervous, not set, precarious, quaking, quivery, rattletrap, rickety, rocky, rootless, shaking, tottering, tottery, tremorous, tremulous, tumbledown, unfirm, unsettled, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unsure, vacillating, wavering, weak, wobbly, yielding |
| Antonyms: | firm, steady, unshaky, unwavering |
| Main Entry: | anxious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried, tense |
| Synonyms: | afraid, aghast, antsy*, apprehensive, basket case, bugged, butterflies, careful, choked, clutched, concerned, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, dreading, fearful, fidgety, fretful, hacked, hyper, in a state, in a tizzy, in suspense, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, overwrought, restless, scared, shaking, shaky, shivery, shook up, shot to pieces, solicitous, spooked, strung out, sweating bullets, taut, troubled, uneasy, unglued, unquiet, uptight*, watchful, wired, worried sick, wreck* |
| Antonyms: | assured, calm, content, cool, happy, indifferent, peaceful, tranqil, unconcerned, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apprehensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, alarmed, biting nails, butterflies, concerned, disquieted, doubtful, feel in bones, foreboding, frozen*, get vibes, have a hunch, have cold feet, have funny feeling, have stage fright, hung up, in a cold sweat, in a dither, in a sweat, jellyfish, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mistrustful, running scared, scaredy-cat, shaky*, stiff, suspicious, troubled, uncertain, uneasy, uptight, weak, worried, worried sick |
| Antonyms: | at ease, calm, quiet, unafraid, undoubting, unfearful, unsuspicious, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dangerous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hazardous, troubling |
| Synonyms: | alarming, bad, breakneck, chancy, critical, dangersome, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, hairy*, heavy*, hot*, impending, impregnable, insecure, jeopardous, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, on collision course, parlous, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny, threatening, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, ugly*, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, urgent, viperous, vulnerable, wicked |
| Antonyms: | careful, guarded, safe, secure, unhazardous, untroubled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dilapidated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | falling apart; in ruins |
| Synonyms: | battered, beat-up, broken-down, crumbling, crumbly, crummy, damaged, decayed, decaying, decrepit, derelict, dingy, dog-eared, faded, fallen-in, impaired, in a bad way, injured, marred, neglected, old, ramshackle, ratty, raunchy, rickety, rinky-dink, run-down, seedy, shabby, shaky, slummy, tacky, threadbare, tumble-down, uncared for, unimproved, unkempt, used-up, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | in good repair, rebuilt |
| Main Entry: | distressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, agitated, all torn up, antsy, anxious, basket case, bothered, bugged, bummed out, bundle of nerves, concerned, cut up, discombobulated*, disconsolate, distracted, distrait, distraught, dragged, exercised, fidgety, harassed, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, inconsolable, jittery, jumpy, miffed, peeved, perturbed, ripped, saddened, shaky, shook, shook up, shot down, spooked, strung out, tormented, troubled, unconsolable, unglued, up the wall, uptight*, wired, worried, wrecked, wretched |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, comforted, glad, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dizzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | light-headed, confused |
| Synonyms: | addled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, blind, blinded, dazed, dazzled, distracted, disturbed, dumb, dumbfounded, faint, gaga, giddy, groggy, hazy, light, muddled, off balance, out of control, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, reeling, shaky, slap-happy, staggered, staggering, swimming*, tipsy, unsteady, upset, vertiginous, weak in the knees, weak-kneed, whirling, wobbly, woozy |
| Antonyms: | clear, clear-headed, unconfused |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doddering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aged, feeble |
| Synonyms: | anile, decrepit, dotard, faltering, floundering, infirm, senile, shaky, tottering, trembling, unsteady, weak |
| Antonyms: | agile, young, youthful |
| Main Entry: | fearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alarmed, apprehensive |
| Synonyms: | aflutter, afraid, aghast, agitated, anxious, chicken, chickenhearted, diffident, discomposed, disquieted, disturbed, fainthearted, frightened, goose-bumpy, have cold feet, hesitant, in a dither, intimidated, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mousy, nerveless, nervous, nervy, panicky, perturbed, phobic, pusillanimous, quivery, rabbity, running scared, scared, shaky, sheepish*, shrinking, shy, skittish, solicitous, spineless, tense, timid, timorous, tremulous, uneasy, unmanly, weak-kneed, worried, yellow* |
| Notes: | someone may be fearful; someone or something may be fearsome |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, courageous, inapprehensive, unafraid, unfearful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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