fearfulness
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fear·ful
(fîr′fəl)adj.
1.
a. Experiencing fear; frightened: fearful about losing one's job; fearful of a scornful response.
b. Inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.
c. Indicating anxiety or fear: "Sare faltered, a fearful look clouding her face" (Donna Morrisey).
2. Causing or capable of causing fear; frightening: a fearful howling.
3. Extreme, as in degree or extent. Used especially of something negative: a fearful blunder; fearful poverty.
fear′ful·ly adv.
fear′ful·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | fearfulness - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) emotion - any strong feeling creeps - a feeling of fear and revulsion; "he gives me the creeps" frisson, quiver, shudder, tingle, chill, thrill, shiver - an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" horror - intense and profound fear hysteria - excessive or uncontrollable fear panic attack, scare - a sudden attack of fear stage fright - fear that affects a person about to face an audience apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" intimidation - the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid cold sweat - the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear |
2. | fearfulness - the trait of being afraid cowardice, cowardliness - the trait of lacking courage timidity, timorousness - fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities pusillanimity, pusillanimousness - contemptible fearfulness gutlessness - the trait of lacking courage and determination; fearful of loss or injury fearlessness - the trait of feeling no fear |
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fearfulness
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fearfulness
n (= apprehension) → Ängstlichkeit f
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