| dread | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread | fearful expectation or anticipation.; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" |
| ~ fear, fearfulness, fright | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). |
| ~ trepidation | a feeling of alarm or dread. |
| ~ boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment | a feeling of evil to come.; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" |
| ~ suspense | apprehension about what is going to happen. |
| ~ gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness | a feeling of melancholy apprehension. |
| ~ pall, chill | a sudden numbing dread. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. dread, fear | be afraid or scared of; be frightened of.; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" |
| ~ panic | be overcome by a sudden fear.; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away" |
| adj. | 3. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible | causing fear or dread or terror.; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" |
| ~ alarming | frightening because of an awareness of danger. |
| fear | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. fear, fearfulness, fright | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| ~ alarm, consternation, dismay | fear resulting from the awareness of danger. |
| ~ creeps | a feeling of fear and revulsion.; "he gives me the creeps" |
| ~ frisson, quiver, shudder, tingle, chill, shiver, thrill | an almost pleasurable sensation of fright.; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" |
| ~ horror | intense and profound fear. |
| ~ hysteria | excessive or uncontrollable fear. |
| ~ affright, panic, terror | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety. |
| ~ panic attack, scare | a sudden attack of fear. |
| ~ stage fright | fear that affects a person about to face an audience. |
| ~ apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread | fearful expectation or anticipation.; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" |
| ~ timidity, timidness, timorousness | fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions. |
| ~ intimidation | the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid. |
| ~ cold sweat | the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. care, concern, fear | an anxious feeling.; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" |
| ~ anxiety | a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune. |
| n. (feeling) | 3. awe, fear, reverence, veneration | a feeling of profound respect for someone or something.; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. fear | be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event.; "I fear she might get aggressive" |
| ~ worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.; "I worry about my job" |
| v. (emotion) | 5. fear | be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement.; "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party" |
| ~ regret | express with regret.; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. fear | be uneasy or apprehensive about.; "I fear the results of the final exams" |
| v. (emotion) | 7. fear, revere, reverence, venerate | regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" |
| ~ esteem, respect, prise, prize, value | regard highly; think much of.; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" |
| ~ saint, enshrine | hold sacred. |
| ~ worship | show devotion to (a deity).; "Many Hindus worship Shiva" |
| fright | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. affright, fright, frighten, scare | cause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" |
| ~ bluff | frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is. |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ awe | inspire awe in.; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates" |
| ~ dread, fear | be afraid or scared of; be frightened of.; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" |
| ~ terrify, terrorise, terrorize | fill with terror; frighten greatly. |
| ~ intimidate | make timid or fearful.; "Her boss intimidates her" |
| ~ alarm, horrify, appal, appall, dismay | fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" |
| ~ consternate | fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion.; "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated" |
| ~ spook | frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action.; "The noise spooked the horse" |
| phobia | | |
| n. (state) | 1. phobia, phobic disorder, phobic neurosis | an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations.; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias" |
| ~ anxiety disorder | a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom. |
| ~ agoraphobia | a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place). |
| ~ simple phobia | any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli. |
| ~ social phobia | any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc). |
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