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| Main Entry: | panicky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | afraid |
| Synonyms: | abashed, aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, blanched, cowardly, discouraged, distressed, disturbed, fearful, fearsome, frightened, frozen, funky*, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | jittery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
| Synonyms: | antsy*, anxious, apprehensive, edgy, excitable, fidgety, high-strung*, jumpy, on edge*, quivering, restless, shaky, skittish, tense, uneasy, uptight, on pins and needles, panicky, spooked, trembling |
* = 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: | scared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frightened |
| Synonyms: | afraid, aghast, anxious, fearful, panic-stricken, petrified, shaken, startled, terrified, having cold feet, panicked, panicky, terror-stricken |
| Antonyms: | confident, encouraged, unafraid |
| Main Entry: | panic-stricken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | terrified |
| Synonyms: | afraid, fearful, frozen, horrified, hysterical, scared, panicky |
| 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 |
| Notes: | someone may be fearful; someone or something may be fearsome |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, courageous, unafraid, inapprehensive, unfearful |
* = 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 |
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