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be afraid
be afraid
WORDS RELATED TO
BE AFRAID
dreaded
verb
anticipate with horror
apprehend
be afraid
cringe
fear
have cold feet
misdoubt
quake
shrink from
shudder
tremble
dreading
verb
anticipate with horror
apprehend
be afraid
cringe
fear
have cold feet
misdoubt
quake
shrink from
shudder
tremble
expect
verb
believe strongly; anticipate
apprehend
assume
await
bargain for
bargain on
be afraid
calculate
conjecture
contemplate
count on
divine
envisage
feel
figure
forecast
foreknow
foresee
gather
hope
hope for
imagine
in the cards
look
look ahead to
look for
look forward to
predict
presume
presuppose
reckon
see coming
sense
suppose
surmise
suspect
take
think
trust
understand
wait for
watch for
expects
verb
believe strongly; anticipate
apprehend
assume
await
bargain for
bargain on
be afraid
calculate
conjecture
contemplate
count on
divine
envisage
feel
figure
forecast
foreknow
foresee
gather
hope
hope for
imagine
in the cards
look
look ahead to
look for
look forward to
predict
presume
presuppose
reckon
see coming
sense
suppose
surmise
suspect
take
think
trust
understand
wait for
watch for
fear
verb
feel alarm; be scared of
anticipate
apprehend
avoid
be afraid
be anxious
be apprehensive
be disquieted
be frightened
be in awe
blanch
break out in a sweat
cower
crouch
dare not
dread
expect
falter
feel concern
flinch
foresee
fret
have butterflies
have qualms
lose courage
quail
quaver
shrink
shudder
shun
shy
start
suspect
tremble
wilt
worry
fearing
verb
feel alarm; be scared of
anticipate
apprehend
avoid
be afraid
be anxious
be apprehensive
be disquieted
be frightened
be in awe
blanch
break out in a sweat
cower
crouch
dare not
dread
expect
falter
feel concern
flinch
foresee
fret
have butterflies
have qualms
lose courage
quail
quaver
shrink
shudder
shun
shy
start
suspect
tremble
wilt
worry
fears
verb
feel alarm; be scared of
anticipate
apprehend
avoid
be afraid
be anxious
be apprehensive
be disquieted
be frightened
be in awe
blanch
break out in a sweat
cower
crouch
dare not
dread
expect
falter
feel concern
flinch
foresee
fret
have butterflies
have qualms
lose courage
quail
quaver
shrink
shudder
shun
shy
start
suspect
tremble
wilt
worry
posit
verb
suppose
assume
be afraid
conceive
conclude
conjecture
consider
deem
dream
expect
fancy
feel
gather
have a hunch
have sneaking suspicion
hypothesize
imagine
judge
postulate
premise
presume
presuppose
pretend
reckon
regard
suspect
swear by
take
take as gospel truth
take stock in
think
understand
view
posited
verb
suppose
assume
be afraid
conceive
conclude
conjecture
consider
deem
dream
expect
fancy
feel
gather
have a hunch
have sneaking suspicion
hypothesize
imagine
judge
postulate
premise
presume
presuppose
pretend
reckon
regard
suspect
swear by
take
take as gospel truth
take stock in
think
understand
view
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