English noun: fearfulness |
1. | fearfulness (feeling) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
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| Synonyms | fear, fright |
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| Broader (hypernym) | emotion |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | affright, alarm, apprehension, apprehensiveness, chill, consternation, creeps, dismay, dread, frisson, horror, hysteria, intimidation, panic, panic attack, quiver, scare, shiver, shudder, stage fright, terror, thrill, timidity, timidness, timorousness, tingle |
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| Part holonym | cold sweat |
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| Attribute | afraid, fearless, unafraid |
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| Antonyms | fearlessness, bravery |
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2. | fearfulness (attribute) the trait of being afraid |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cowardice, cowardliness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | gutlessness, pusillanimity, pusillanimousness, timidity, timorousness |
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| Antonyms | fearlessness |
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