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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

feeling scared or frightened;

e.g. My little sister is afraid of the dark.

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Similar Words

Aghast

Alarmed

Coward

Fearful

Frightened

Hysteric

Hysterical

Panic-stricken

Phobic

Scared

Scary

Shocked

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Opposite Words

Adventuresome

Adventurous

Assured

Audacious

Bold

Brave

Collected

Composed

Cool

Courageous

Daredevil

Daring

Dashing

Dauntless

Doughty

Emboldened

Enterprising

Fearless

Gallant

Greathearted

Gutsy

Gutty

Hardy

Heroic

Hotheaded

Impetuous

Intrepid

Lionhearted

Manful

Nerved

Nervy

Plucky

Resolute

Sanguine

Spirited

Spunky

Stalwart

Stout

Stouthearted

Unafraid

Undaunted

Undeterred

Undismayed

Unperturbed

Unswerving

Valiant

Valorous

Venturesome

Venturous

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Related Words

Agitated

Allergic

Ambivalent

Antipathetic

Anxious

Apprehensive

Averse

Chicken

Chickenhearted

Conflicted

Coward

Cowardly

Craven

Dastardly

Dismayed

Disturbed

Equivocal

Fainthearted

Fearful

Fearsome

Funky

Gutless

Heedful

Jittery

Jumpy

Lily-livered

Nervous

Panic-stricken

Perturbed

Phobic

Poltroon

Prudent

Pusillanimous

Recreant

Scary

Shy

Skittish

Spineless

Timid

Timorous

Tremulous

Unadventurous

Uneasy

Unheroic

Upset

Worried

Yellow

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Quotes

• "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." -- William Shakespeare

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