Synonyms: fearful
Definition: experiencing or showing fear
Usage: a fearful glance; fearful of criticism
Similar words: afraid
Definition: filled with fear or apprehension
Usage: afraid even to turn his head; suddenly looked afraid; afraid for his life; afraid of snakes; afraid to ask questions
Synonyms: horrendous, horrific, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, frightening, fearful, fearsome, terrible
Definition: causing fear or dread or terror
Usage: the awful war; an awful risk; dire news; a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked; the dread presence of the headmaster; polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was; a dreadful storm; a fearful howling; horrendous explosions shook the city; a terrible curse
Similar words: alarming
Definition: frightening because of an awareness of danger
Synonyms: timorous, trepid, fearful
Definition: timid by nature or revealing timidity
Usage: timorous little mouse; in a timorous tone; cast fearful glances at the large dog
Similar words: timid
Definition: showing fear and lack of confidence
Definition: lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
Usage: cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then- P.B.Shelley
Similar words: caitiff
Definition: despicably mean and cowardly
Similar words: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied
Definition: easily frightened
Similar words: craven, recreant
Definition: lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
Usage: the craven fellow turned and ran; a craven proposal to raise the white flag; this recreant knight- Spenser
Similar words: dastard, dastardly
Definition: despicably cowardly
Usage: the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th- F.D. Roosevelt
Similar words: timid, faint, faint-hearted, fainthearted
Definition: lacking conviction or boldness or courage
Usage: faint heart ne'er won fair lady
Similar words: funky
Definition: in a state of cowardly fright
Similar words: poltroon
Definition: characterized by complete cowardliness
Similar words: poor-spirited, pusillanimous, unmanly
Definition: lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
Definition: extremely distressing
Usage: fearful slum conditions; a frightful mistake
Similar words: bad
Definition: having undesirable or negative qualities
Usage: a bad report card; his sloppy appearance made a bad impression; a bad little boy; clothes in bad shape; a bad cut; bad luck; the news was very bad; the reviews were bad; the pay is bad; it was a bad light for reading; the movie was a bad choice