Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Afraid

Words related to fear: to feel bad because you think something bad might happen to you.

What words refer to feeling afraid?

feel afraid be afraid fear (v) for fear of have a horror of
What words refer to the feeling of fear?

fear (n) fright alarm foreboding horror panic (n) terror trepidation
What words describe someone who feels afraid?

afraid fearful frightened alarmed panicky quaking scared skittish weak-kneed
What words refer to feeling very afraid?

terrified terror panic panic-stricken petrified scared stiff scared out of your wits scared to death
What words refer to feeling suddenly afraid because of something that happens?

get a fright panic (v) go white as a sheet nearly jump out of your skin
What words refer to feeling afraid for a long time?

phobia have a phobia about live in fear dread (n) dread (v)
What words refer to causing someone to feel afraid?

frighten give someone a fright frighten the life out of someone alarm (v) cow (v) give someone the creeps daunt intimidate petrify rattle (v) scare spook startle terrify terrorize unnerve make your hair stand on end make your blood run cold
What words refer to something that causes someone to feel afraid?

scare (n) terror horror alarmist
What words describe something that causes someone to feel afraid?

frightening frightful alarming blood-curdling chilling creepy dreadful eerie fearsome forbidding hair-raising scary spine-chilling spooky terrifying
What words describe someone who is easily frightened?

scare easily timid be of a nervous disposition
What words describe someone who is not afraid?

brave bravely bravery courage courageous courageously fearless fearlessly unafraid
What are the signs that someone is afraid?

tremble quail quake shake shiver shudder heart pounds teeth chatter be paralyzed with fear freeze cower crouch cringe jump flinch wince shrink slink stampede turn tail turn white blanch cry out goose-flesh goose-pimples goose-bumps