| Main Entry: | afraid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
Synonyms: |
abashed, aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, aroused, blanched, cowardly, cowed, daunted, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, distressed, disturbed, faint-hearted, frightened, frozen, have cold feet, horrified, in awe, intimidated, nervous, panic-stricken, perplexed, perturbed, petrified, rattled, run scared, scared, scared stiff, scared to death, shocked, spooked, startled, stunned, suspicious, terrified, terror-stricken, timid, timorous, trembling, upset, worried |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, composed, confident, cool, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant |
| Main Entry: | hysterical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, excited |
Synonyms: |
agitated, berserk, beside oneself, blazing, carried away, convulsive, crazed, crazy, delirious, distracted, distraught, emotional, fiery, frantic, frenzied, fuming, furious, impassioned, impetuous, in a fit, incensed, irrepressible, mad, maddened, nervous, neurotic, overwrought, panic-stricken, passionate, possessed, rabid, raging, rampant, raving, seething, spasmodic, tempestuous, turbulent, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unnerved, unrestrained, uproarious, vehement, violent, wild, worked up |
Antonyms: |
calm, controlled, serene |
| Main Entry: | scared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frightened |
Synonyms: |
afraid, aghast, anxious, fearful, having cold feet, panic-stricken, panicked, panicky, petrified, shaken, startled, terrified, terror-stricken |
Antonyms: |
confident, encouraged, unafraid |
| Main Entry: | panic-stricken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | terrified |
Synonyms: |
afraid, fearful, frozen, horrified, hysterical, panicky, scared |
| Main Entry: | ascared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | afraid |
Synonyms: |
alarmed, apprehensive, fearful, fearsome, frightened, panic-stricken, panicky, petrified, scared, scared stiff, scared to death, spooked, terrified |
| Main Entry: | madding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frantic |
Synonyms: |
agitated, angry, at wits' end, berserk, beside oneself, corybantic, crazy*, delirious, deranged, distraught, excited, flipped out, fraught, freaked out, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hot and bothered, hot under the collar, hyper*, hysterical, in a stew, in a tizzy, insane, keyed up, mad, out of control, overwrought, panic-stricken, rabid, raging, raving, shook up, spazzed out, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, violent, weird*, weirded out, wigged out, wild, wired, worked up, zonkers |
| Main Entry: | panicky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | afraid |
Synonyms: |
abashed, aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, aroused, blanched, cowardly, cowed, daunted, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, distressed, disturbed, faint-hearted, fearful, fearsome, frightened, frozen, funky*, have cold feet, horrified, in awe, intimidated, nervous, panic-stricken, perplexed, perturbed, petrified, rattled, run scared, scared, scared stiff, scared to death, shocked, spooked, startled, stunned, suspicious, terrified, terror-stricken, timid, timorous, trembling, upset, worried |