fearfulness

noun

Definition of fearfulnessnext
as in fear
the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger a vet who was adept at easing the fearfulness of her animal patients

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  1. fear
  2. anxiety
  3. dread
Noun
  • By trusting in her own vision, Salley’s initial fears about a lack of holistic visual language never came to pass.
    Linne Halpern, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
  • That leaves Syria’s minority groups like Alawites, Shia Muslims, Ismailis, Druze, Kurds and Christians in fear of being targeted.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of fear
Noun
  • Lazarus also encourages people not to let anxiety and fear control them.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Phobias are a type of anxiety disorder, so there is some overlap between sleep anxiety and sleep phobia (somniphobia).
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of anxiety
Noun
  • In a year of exuberance and dread, songs came from every which way to comfort, to amuse, to haunt, to tantalize.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In addition, Head owns leading binding brand Tyrolia, and the Protector bindings are a major safety innovation and big deal in the marketplace, designed to help prevent knee injuries, a dread of skiers everywhere.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of dread
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