fear
Roget category 860
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.3. Prospective affections
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Fear
noun
fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence — apprehensiveness, fearfulness etc. adj. — solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving — feeze [U.S.] — mistrust etc. (doubt) 485 — suspicion, qualm — hesitation etc. (irresolution) 605.nervousness, restlessness etc. adj. — inquietude, disquietude, worry, concern — batophobia† — heartquake† — flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat — abject fear etc. (cowardice) 862 — mortal funk, heartsinking†, despondency — despair etc. 859.
fright — affright, affrightment† — boof alarm [U.S.], dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede (of horses). intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror.
[Object of fear] bug bear, bugaboo — scarecrow — hobgoblin etc. (demon) 980 — nightmare, Gorgon, mormo†, ogre, Hurlothrumbo†, raw head and bloody bones, fee-faw-fum, bete noire [Fr.], enfant terrible [Fr.].
alarmist etc. (coward) 862.
verb
fear, stand in awe of — be afraid etc. adj. — have qualms etc. n. — apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance — distrust etc. (disbelieve) 485.hesitate etc. (be irresolute) 605 — falter, funk, cower, crouch — skulk etc. (cowardice) 862 — let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would'" [Macbeth] take fright, take alarm — start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink — fly etc. (avoid) 623.
tremble, shake — shiver, shiver in one's shoes — shudder, flutter — shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over — quake, quaver, quiver, quail.
grow pale, turn pale — blench, stand aghast — not dare to say one's soul is one's own.
inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe — raise apprehensions† — be in a daze, bulldoze [U.S.] — faze, feeze [U.S.] — give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm — alarm, startle, scare, cry 'wolf', disquiet, dismay — fright, frighten, terrify — astound — fright from one's propriety — fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses — awe — strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror — harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify — pile on the agony.
make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter — take away one's breath, stop one's breath — make one tremble &c. — haunt — prey on the mind, weigh on the mind.
put in fear, put in bodily fear — terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage — browbeat, bully — threaten etc. 909.
adjective
fearing etc. v. — frightened etc. v. — in fear, in a fright etc. n. — haunted with the fear of etc. n. — afeard†.afraid, fearful — timid, timorous — nervous, diffident, coy, faint-hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety — more frightened than hurt.
aghast — awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic-stricken, awestruck, awe-stricken, horror-struck — frightened to death, white as a sheet — pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes — breathless, in hysterics.
inspiring fear etc. v. — alarming — formidable, redoubtable — perilous etc. (danger) 665 — portentous — fearful — dread, dreadful — fell — dire, direful — shocking — terrible, terrific — tremendous — horrid, horrible, horrific — ghastly — awful, awe-inspiring — revolting etc. (painful) 830 — Gorgonian.
adverb
in terrorem [Lat.].interjection
angels and ministers of grace defend us! " [Hamlet].phrase
ante tubam trepidat [Lat.] — horresco referens [Lat.], one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit [Lat.] [Vergil]. a dagger of the mind" [Macbeth]; expertus metuit [Lat.] [Horace]; fain would I climb but that I fear to fall" [Raleigh]; fear is the parent of cruelty" [Froude]; Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire" [Paradise Lost]; omnia tuta timens [Lat.] [Vergil]; our fears do make us traitors" [Macbeth];The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.
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