fearfulness

fear·ful  (fîrfl)

adj.

1. Causing or capable of causing fear; frightening: a fearful howling.

2. Experiencing fear; frightened. See Synonyms at afraid.

3. Feeling or inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.

4. Indicating anxiety, fear, or terror: a fearful, nervous glance.

5. Feeling reverence, dread, or awe.

6. Extreme, as in degree or extent; dreadful: a fearful blunder; fearful poverty.

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fearful·ly adv.

fearful·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fearfulness - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) fear, fright emotion - any strong feeling alarm, consternation, dismay - fear resulting from the awareness of danger creeps - a feeling of fear and revulsion; "he gives me the creeps" frisson, quiver, shudder, tingle, chill, thrill, shiver - an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" horror - intense and profound fear hysteria - excessive or uncontrollable fear affright, panic, terror - an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety panic attack, scare - a sudden attack of fear stage fright - fear that affects a person about to face an audience apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" timidity, timidness, timorousness - fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions intimidation - the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid cold sweat - the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear
	2.	fearfulness - the trait of being afraid cowardice, cowardliness - the trait of lacking courage timidity, timorousness - fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities pusillanimity, pusillanimousness - contemptible fearfulness gutlessness - the trait of lacking courage and determination; fearful of loss or injury fearlessness - the trait of feeling no fear

Translations

fearfulness [ˈfɪəfʊlnɪs] N (= fear) → medrosidad f; (= shyness) → timidez f

fearfulness

n (= apprehension) → Ängstlichkeit f

fearfulness [ˈfɪəfʊlnɪs] n → paura, timore m

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fearfulness [ˈfɪəfʊlnɪs] n → paura, timore m