| Main Entry: | trepidation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxiety, worry |
Synonyms: |
agitation, alarm, apprehension, blue funk, butterflies, cold feet, cold sweat, consternation, creeps, dismay, disquiet, disturbance, dread, emotion, excitement, fear, fright, goose bumps, horror, jitters, nervousness, palpitation, panic, perturbation, shock, terror, trepidity, uneasiness, worriment |
Antonyms: |
calm, contentment, happiness |
| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling of sudden fear |
Synonyms: |
anxiety, apprehension, cold feet, consternation, dismay, distress, dread, fright, horror, nervousness, panic, scare, strain, stress, tension, terror, trepidation, unease, uneasiness |
Antonyms: |
assurance, calmness, composure, confidence, peace, quietness, repose, security |
| Main Entry: | apprehension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxiety, fear |
Synonyms: |
alarm, apprehensiveness, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, foreboding, misgiving, mistrust, premonition, presage, presentiment, suspicion, trepidation, uneasiness, worry |
Antonyms: |
calmness, ease |
| Main Entry: | consternation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismay, distress |
Synonyms: |
alarm, amazement, anxiety, awe, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, dread, fear, fright, horror, muddle, muddlement, panic, perplexity, shock, stupefaction, terror, trepidation, trepidity, wonder |
Antonyms: |
calm, composure, happiness, peacefulness, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | dismay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointed feeling; distress |
Synonyms: |
agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, blue funk, blues, bummer, chagrin, cold feet, consternation, discouragement, disheartenment, disillusionment, downer, dread, dumps, fear, fright, funk, hassle, horror, letdown, panic, terror, the blahs, trepidation, upset |
Antonyms: |
assurance, confidence, encouragement, happiness |
| Main Entry: | dread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear |
Synonyms: |
affright, alarm, apprehension, aversion, awe, cold feet, consternation, creeps, dismay, fright, funk, goose bumps, horror, jitters, panic, phobia, stage fright, terror, trepidation, trepidity, worriment |
Antonyms: |
bravery, confidence, courage, encouragement, want, welcoming |
| Main Entry: | excitement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm; incitement |
Synonyms: |
action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, animation, bother, buzz*, commotion, confusion, discomposure, disturbance, dither, drama, elation, emotion, excitation, feeling, ferment, fever, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hurry, hysteria, impulse, instigation, intoxication, kicks, melodrama, motivation, motive, movement, passion, perturbation, provocation, rage, stimulation, stimulus, stir, thrill, titillation, to-do, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, urge, warmth, wildness |
Antonyms: |
apathy, boredom, calm, calmness, dullness, lull, peace |
| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alarm, apprehension |
Synonyms: |
abhorrence, agitation, angst, anxiety, aversion, awe, bête noire, chickenheartedness, cold feet, cold sweat, concern, consternation, cowardice, creeps, despair, discomposure, dismay, disquietude, distress, doubt, dread, faintheartedness, foreboding, fright, funk, horror, jitters, misgiving, nightmare, panic, phobia, presentiment, qualm, recreancy, reverence, revulsion, scare, suspicion, terror, timidity, trembling, tremor, trepidation, unease, uneasiness, worry |
Antonyms: |
bravery, courage, fearlessness, heroism, unconcern |
| Main Entry: | fright |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme apprehension |
Synonyms: |
alarm, cold sweat, consternation, dismay, dread, fear, horror, panic, quaking, scare, shiver, shock, terror, trepidation, trepidity |
Antonyms: |
fearlessness |
| Main Entry: | horror |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear, revulsion |
Synonyms: |
abhorrence, abomination, alarm, antipathy, apprehension, aversion, awe, chiller, consternation, detestation, disgust, dislike, dismay, dread, fright, hate, hatred, loathing, monstrosity, panic, repugnance, terror, trepidation |
| Notes: | terror is stronger than horror, though it usually lasts for a shorter time |
Antonyms: |
beauty, delight, miracle, pleasure, wonder |