Fearfulness

Fearfulness
Fearfulness \Fear"ful*ness\, n. The state of being fearful. [1913 Webster]

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  • fearfulness — I noun affright, agitation, alarm, anxiousness, apprehension, consternation, distrust, faint heartedness, fear, fright, intimidation, misgiving, nervousness, pusillanimousness, shyness, stress, suspicion, superstition, terror, timidity,… …   Law dictionary

  • fearfulness — fearful ► ADJECTIVE 1) showing or causing fear. 2) informal very great. DERIVATIVES fearfully adverb fearfulness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • fearfulness — noun see fearful …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fearfulness — See fearfully. * * * …   Universalium

  • fearfulness — noun The quality of being fearful …   Wiktionary

  • fearfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger: affright, alarm, apprehension, dread, fear, fright, funk, horror, panic, terror, trepidation. Slang: cold feet. Idiom: fear and… …   English dictionary for students

  • fearfulness — n. state of being afraid; terribleness, awfulness, dreadfulness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fearfulness — fear·ful·ness …   English syllables

  • fearfulness — See: fearful …   English dictionary

  • fearfulness — noun 1. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) • Syn: ↑fear, ↑fright • Ant: ↑fearlessness (for: ↑fear) • Derivationally related forms …   Useful english dictionary

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