3.4.2.4 Afraid

Use this domain for words related to fear--to feel bad because you think something bad might happen to you.

Louw Nida Codes: 
25V Fear, Terror, Alarm
  • What words refer to feeling afraid?
    feel afraid, be afraid, fear (v), for fear of, have a horror of,
  • What words refer to the feeling of fear?
    fear (n), fright, alarm, foreboding, horror, panic (n), terror, trepidation,
  • What words describe someone who feels afraid?
    afraid, fearful, frightened, alarmed, panicky, quaking, scared, skittish, weak-kneed,
  • What words refer to feeling very afraid?
    terrified, terror, panic, panic-stricken, petrified, scared stiff, scared out of your wits, scared to death,
  • What words refer to feeling suddenly afraid because of something that happens?
    get a fright, panic (v), go white as a sheet, nearly jump out of your skin,
  • What words refer to feeling afraid for a long time?
    phobia, have a phobia about, live in fear, dread (n), dread (v),
  • What words refer to causing someone to feel afraid?
    frighten, give someone a fright, frighten the life out of someone, alarm (v), cow (v), give someone the creeps, daunt, intimidate, petrify, rattle (v), scare, spook, startle, terrify, terrorize, unnerve, make your hair stand on end, make your blood run cold,
  • What words refer to something that causes someone to feel afraid?
    scare (n), terror, horror, alarmist,
  • What words describe something that causes someone to feel afraid?
    frightening, frightful, alarming, blood-curdling, chilling, creepy, dreadful, eerie, fearsome, forbidding, hair-raising, scary, spine-chilling, spooky, terrifying,
  • What words describe someone who is easily frightened?
    scare easily, timid, be of a nervous disposition,
  • What words describe someone who is not afraid?
    brave, bravely, bravery, courage, courageous, courageously, fearless, fearlessly, unafraid,
  • What are the signs that someone is afraid?
    tremble, quail, quake, shake, shiver, shudder, heart pounds, teeth chatter, be paralyzed with fear, freeze, cower, crouch, cringe, jump, flinch, wince, shrink, slink, stampede, turn tail, turn white, blanch, cry out, goose-flesh, goose-pimples, goose-bumps,