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trepidation

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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, bĂȘte 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
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