FEARING Synonyms

• made afraid

• experiencing a sudden sense of danger

• eagerly desirous

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• quick to understand

• mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

• in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

• lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted

• experiencing or showing fear

• causing fear or dread or terror

• extremely distressing

• timid by nature or revealing timidity

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• being in a tense state

• of or relating to the nervous system

• easily agitated

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• excited in anticipation

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

• thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

• lacking self-confidence

• a quick throw

• short

• wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things

• start suddenly, as from fright

• throw quickly

• thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

• showing fear and lack of confidence

• lacking self-confidence

• people who are fearful and cautious

• lacking conviction or boldness or courage

• timid by nature or revealing timidity

• timid by nature or revealing timidity

• lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance

• lacking or not affording physical or mental rest

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner

• relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

• mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

• a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side

• American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)

• love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

• regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

• a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

• a reverent mental attitude

• an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy)

• regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

• regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

• filled with fear or apprehension

• filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement

• feeling worry or concern or insecurity

• having feelings of aversion or unwillingness