fearfulness

fearfulness
noun
1. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
• Syn: ↑fear, ↑fright
• Ant: ↑fearlessness (for: ↑fear)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fright (for: ↑fright), ↑fearful, ↑fear (for: ↑fear)
• Hypernyms: ↑emotion
• Hyponyms:
• Part Meronyms: ↑cold sweat
• Attrubites: ↑afraid, ↑unafraid, ↑fearless
2. the trait of being afraid
• Ant: ↑fearlessness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fearful
• Hypernyms: ↑cowardice, ↑cowardliness

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