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fearful
adjective as in alarmed, apprehensive
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- aflutter
- aghast
- chicken
- chickenhearted
- diffident
- discomposed
- disquieted
- disturbed
- fainthearted
- goose-bumpy
- have cold feet
- in a dither
- intimidated
- jumpy
- lily-livered
- mousy
- nerveless
- nervy
- perturbed
- phobic
- pusillanimous
- quivery
- rabbity
- running scared
- shaky
- sheepish
- shrinking
- solicitous
- spineless
- timorous
- tremulous
- unmanly
- weak-kneed
- worried
- yellow
adjective as in horrifying
Weak matches
- appalling
- astounding
- atrocious
- awful
- baleful
- bloodcurdling
- creepy
- dire
- distressing
- dreadful
- eerie
- formidable
- frightful
- ghastly
- ghoulish
- grievous
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hair-raising
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrific
- lurid
- macabre
- monstrous
- morbid
- overwhelming
- redoubtable
- shocking
- shuddersome
- sinister
- strange
- sublime
- terrible
- tremendous
- unearthly
- unspeakable
Example Sentences
Some were "more fearful, concerned about what use is permissible and worried that teachers will accuse them of cheating if they do use it".
Without clear answers, labor unions are fearful that a similar disaster could endanger thousands of workers at California’s 15 refineries, which are mostly clustered in Southern California and the Bay Area.
At the rally, Holly Mitchell, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors who represents the city’s 2nd District, says she’s fearful of going back to the days before Obamacare.
The people behind the illegal bloodsport carefully conceal their identities, fearful of arrest and prosecution.
"The enabling silence among critics fearful of retributions is already prevalent."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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