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| Main Entry: | frightened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very scared |
| Synonyms: | abashed, afraid, aghast, alarmed, anxious, chicken*, fearful, frozen, hung up*, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered*, mousy*, numb, petrified, shaky, sissy*, startled, terrified, uptight, yellow*, affrighted, butterflies, chicken-hearted, cowed, dismayed, have cold feet, having kittens, in a cold sweat, in a panic, in a sweat, jellyfish, panicky, pushing the panic button, rabbity, running scared, scared stiff, shivery, spooked, terror-stricken, terrorized, unnerved |
| Antonyms: | calm, happy, comforted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shock, scare |
| Synonyms: | affright, agitate, alarm, appall, astound, awe, browbeat*, bulldoze*, chill, cow, daunt, demoralize, deter, discomfort, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, disquiet, faze, horrify, intimidate, panic, perturb, petrify, repel, spook, startle, stiff, terrify, terrorize, unhinge*, unnerve, chill to the bone, curdle the blood, disburb, make blood run cold, make teeth chatter, scare away, scare off, scare to death, strike terror into |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, exhilarate, gladden |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aghast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrified; very surprised |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agape, agog, alarmed, anxious, confounded, dumbfounded, frightened, overwhelmed, shocked, startled, stunned, terrified, thunderstruck, amazed, appalled, astonished, astounded, awestruck, dismayed, horror-struck |
| Antonyms: | unsurprised |
| Main Entry: | cowardly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, anxious, apprehensive, backward, base, caitiff, craven, dastardly, diffident, fainthearted, frightened, gutless, jittery, lily-livered*, nervous, paper tiger*, pusillanimous, recreant, retiring, scared, shrinking, shy, soft*, spineless*, timid, timorous, weak, worthless, yellow*, chicken-hearted, cowering, cowhearted, dismayed, having the willies, lacking courage, no guts, panicky, pigeonhearted, running scared, weak-kneed, yellow-bellied |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, unafraid, undaunted, unfearful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fainthearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | timid |
| Synonyms: | afraid, cowardly, fearful, frightened, gutless, intimidated, lily-livered*, meek, mousy, spineless, weak, yellow*, cowed, cowering, having cold feet, unassertive, wimpy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | phobic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, anxious, apprehensive, disturbed, frightened, irrational, jittery, jumpy, nervous, neurotic, scared, shy, skittish, tense, worried, discomposed, disquieted, have cold feet, panicky |
| Main Entry: | spineless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
| Synonyms: | fearful, feeble, frightened, gutless*, impotent, inadequate, ineffective, ineffectual, irresolute, lily-livered*, nerveless, soft, spiritless, squeamish, submissive, timid, vacillating, weak, weak-willed, yellow*, amoebalike, faint-hearted, forceless, invertebrate, pithless, weak-kneed, yellow-bellied |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | timid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | afraid, ambivalent, apprehensive, bashful, capricious, cowardly, coy, demure, diffident, fainthearted, fearful, feeble, frightened, gentle, humble, intimidated, irresolute, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, retiring, shaky, shrinking, soft, spineless, spiritless, submissive, timid, timorous, vacillating, wavering, weak, yellow*, badgered, browbeaten, bullied, cowed, cowering, daunted, having cold feet, milquetoast, trembling, unassertive, unassured, unnerved |
| Notes: | timid is used of a person's character or disposition; timorous is used of a person's action or behavior |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, daring, extroverted, fearless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | worried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, troubled |
| Synonyms: | afraid, apprehensive, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, distracted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, fretful, frightened, hung up*, ill at ease, nervous, on edge*, overwrought, perturbed, solicitous, tense, uneasy, upset, uptight, clutched, on pins and needles, tormented, worried stiff |
| Antonyms: | calm, untroubled, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recreant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
| Synonyms: | afraid, apostate, arrant, base, craven, dastardly, disloyal, faithless, false, fearful, frightened, gutless, hesitant, low, mean-spirited, perfidious, scared, spiritless, timid, timorous, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, unmanly, vile, yellow*, yielding, cowering, defecting, falsehearted, pigeonhearted, skulking, sneaking |
| Antonyms: | brave, courageous, loyal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surprised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taken aback |
| Synonyms: | alarmed, bewildered, confounded, dazed, frightened, shocked, startled, stunned, stupefied, astonished, astounded |
| Antonyms: | aware, calm, poised |
| Main Entry: | afraid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | abashed, aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, blanched, cowardly, discouraged, distressed, disturbed, frightened, frozen, horrified, intimidated, nervous, panic-stricken, perplexed, perturbed, petrified, scared, shocked, startled, stunned, suspicious, terrified, timid, timorous, upset, worried, aroused, cowed, daunted, disheartened, dismayed, faint-hearted, have cold feet, in awe, rattled, run scared, scared stiff, scared to death, spooked, terror-stricken, trembling |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, composed, confident, cool, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant |
| Main Entry: | fearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alarmed, apprehensive |
| Synonyms: | afraid, aghast, agitated, anxious, chicken, diffident, disturbed, fainthearted, frightened, hesitant, intimidated, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered*, mousy, nerveless, nervous, nervy, perturbed, phobic, pusillanimous, scared, shaky, sheepish*, shrinking, shy, skittish, solicitous, spineless, tense, timid, timorous, tremulous, uneasy, unmanly, worried, yellow*, aflutter, chickenhearted, discomposed, disquieted, goose-bumpy, have cold feet, in a dither, panicky, quivery, rabbity, running scared, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, courageous, unafraid, inapprehensive, unfearful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | troubled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | worried |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, alarmed, annoyed, anxious, apprehensive, beset, bothered, concerned, confused, discombobulated*, disconcerted, displeased, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, frightened, harried, irritated, miffed*, overwrought, pained, perplexed, perturbed, provoked, put out, puzzled, scared, shaken, terrified, uneasy, unsettled, upset, aggravated, anguished, chagrined, disquieted, exacerbated, flustered, harrowed, in a tizzy*, inconvenienced, irked, mortified, pestered, plagued, riled*, ruffled, tormented, tortured, vexed, worried stiff* |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, composed, cool, peaceful, quiet, settled, untroubled, at ease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | petrified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | terrified |
| Synonyms: | afraid, alarmed, anxious, dazed, fearful, frightened, frozen, numb, scared, shocked, speechless, startled, stunned, have cold feet, immobilized, in a cold sweat, in a panic, panicky, pushing the panic button, scared stiff, spooked, terror-stricken, terrorized, unnerved |
| Main Entry: | weak |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
| Synonyms: | frightened, hesitant, impotent, indecisive, ineffectual, infirm, insecure, irresolute, laid-back*, nerveless, nervous, palsied, powerless, shaky, soft, spineless, tender, timorous, uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unstable, unsure, vacillating, wavering, wishy-washy*, wobbly, zero*, faint-hearted, fluctuant, weak-kneed, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, confident |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, chill, daunt, dismay, distress, frighten, panic, scare, spook, startle, surprise, terrify, unnerve, give a turn, make jump, scare silly, scare stiff, scare to death |
| Antonyms: | assure, calm, gladden, reassure, repose, soothe |
| Main Entry: | appall/appal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | horrify |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amaze, astound, awe, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve, consternate, get to*, gross out |
| Antonyms: | comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, astonish, cow*, daunt, dazzle, flabbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, impress, intimidate, scare, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify, blow away, hotdog, knock socks off, overawe, showboat |
| Antonyms: | expect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | browbeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | castigate, nag |
| Synonyms: | badger, bludgeon, bluster, bulldoze*, bully, coerce, cow, domineer, frighten, harass, hector, intimidate, oppress, threaten, tyrannize, despotize, dragoon, lean on, lord it over, overawe, overbear, put heat on, put the chill on, put through the wringer |
| Antonyms: | boost, coax, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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