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fearfulness

Pronunciation:  'feerfulnes

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the trait of being afraid
  2. [n]  an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
 
 Synonyms: fear, fright
 
 Antonyms: bravery, fearlessness, fearlessness
 
 See Also: alarm, apprehension, apprehensiveness, awe, chill, cold sweat, consternation, cowardice, cowardliness, creeps, dismay, dread, emotion, frisson, gutlessness, horror, hysteria, intimidation, panic, panic attack, pusillanimity, pusillanimousness, quiver, reverence, scare, shiver, shudder, stage fright, terror, thrill, timidity, timidity, timidness, timorousness, timorousness, tingle, veneration

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fear"ful*ness\, n.
The state of being fearful.

 



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