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Adjective
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Causing severe fear or terror
alarming
frightening
frightful
terrible
dire
terrifying
awful
dreadful
horrible
direful
feared
fearful
fearsome
forbidding
formidable
ghastly
hair-raising
horrendous
horrifying
intimidating
redoubtable
scary
shocking
spine-chilling
awesome
dreaded
awe-inspiring
creepy
shuddersome
appalling
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“People still shrink from the terrible word cancer, even if they themselves have not been diagnosed with this dread disease.”
Noun
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Great fear or apprehension
alarm
fear
apprehension
fright
horror
terror
trepidation
anxiety
fearfulness
panic
foreboding
alarum
apprehensiveness
concern
disquiet
disquietude
worry
angst
consternation
dismay
jitters
misgiving
scare
shuddering
trembling
unease
uneasiness
affright
flinching
heebie-jeebies
aversion
awe
creeps
funk
gremlin
phobia
trepidity
worriment
a blue funk
cold feet
goose bumps
stage fright
sudden fear
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“In common with all politicians, he has a dread of winter elections.”
Noun
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Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is
bugbear
bogey
bugaboo
ogre
bogie
hobgoblin
black beast
bogeyman
spectreUK
specterUS
gremlin
monster
goblin
horror
nightmare
fear
curse
scare
bogy
beast
demon
giant
troll
devil
bête noire
ghoul
fiend
boogeyman
scarecrow
alarm
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Noun
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A psychological, irrational or obsessive fear of (something)
phobia
horror
aversion
neurosis
obsession
terror
antipathy
fear
hatred
loathing
fixation
revulsion
complex
detestation
distaste
dislike
mania
repulsion
disgust
anxiety
bugbear
bogey
thing
nightmare
avoidance
paranoia
fright
irrationality
resentment
hang-up
irrational fear
abnormal fear
obsessive fear
aversion to
overwhelming anxiety about
thing about
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Noun
▲
A feeling that something, often of an undesirable nature, is about to happen
premonition
suspicion
presentiment
feeling
foreboding
presage
omen
sign
portent
hunch
inkling
idea
apprehension
forewarning
intuition
misgiving
anxiety
warning
worry
fear
apprehensiveness
indication
prognostication
admonition
sense
prenotion
vibes
vision
worriment
vibrations
winds
sneaking suspicion
funny feeling
sixth sense
gut feeling
vague feeling
wake-up call
sinking feeling
wind change
handwriting on wall
bad feeling
second sight
feeling in one's bones
feeling in your bones
winds of change
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Noun
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A personal dislike or source of irritation
hate
peeve
aggravation
aversion
bugbear
frustration
annoyance
complaint
grievance
objection
bane
exasperation
quibble
bother
hassle
headache
irk
irritation
nuisance
irritant
problem
vexation
dislike
pain
anathema
hang-up
pet aversion
pet hate
pet peeve
pain in the neck
pain in the rear
bane of one's life
thorn in the flesh
thorn in one's side
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Noun
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A very unpleasant or frightening experience or prospect
nightmare
horror
torment
hell
ordeal
torture
trial
agony
misery
murder
purgatory
bane
bogey
burden
curse
Gehenna
phobia
hallucination
tribulation
dream
fancy
fantasy
illusion
pet hate
phantasm
succubus
vision
bad dream
hell on earth
night terror
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Noun
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A state or cause of gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry
spectreUK
specterUS
pall
cloud
gloom
shadow
threat
menace
danger
fear
chill
peril
worry
Sword of Damocles
infelicity
gloominess
darkness
glumness
dispiritedness
cheerlessness
disconsolateness
joylessness
despair
moroseness
dejectedness
trouble
blues
melancholia
sadness
melancholy
despondency
sorrow
forlornness
sorrowfulness
depression
dolefulness
downcastness
woefulness
heartsickness
hopelessness
miserableness
somberness
sombreness
misery
downheartedness
listlessness
tearfulness
desolation
dreariness
blight
moodiness
dismay
problem
Verb
▲
Anticipate with great apprehension or fear
fear
be afraid of
shrink from
apprehend
cower at
cringe
cringe from
misdoubt
quake
shudder
shudder at
tremble
tremble at
worry about
be anxious about
be terrified by
feel apprehensive about
flinch from
have forebodings about
quail from
anticipate with horror
be afraid
be frightened of
be terrified of
be worried about
cringe at the thought of
have cold feet
shudder to think about
tremble to think about
be in a blue funk about
have cold feet about
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“When I worked for the Labour Party we used to dread Easter week more than any other.”
Verb
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To put (hair) into dreadlocks
dreadlock
Verb
▲
To regard with adoration and reverence, particularly for deities and gods
fear
stand in awe of
regard with awe
revere
reverence
venerate
respect
be intimidated by
Verb
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Have a strong aversion to
have a horror of
detest
greatly dislike
hate
loathe
abhor
abominate
be afraid of
be frightened of
be scared of
be terrified of
fear
be unable to bear
be unable to stand
have a strong aversion to
Verb
▲
To be anxious or concerned about something in particular
sweat
fret
worry
fuss
stress
fear
stew
agoniseUK
agonizeUS
trouble
bother
panic
chafe
dither
abide
brook
endure
exert
go
stand
stomach
suffer
take
tolerate
torture
be anxious
be concerned
lose sleep
be on tenterhooks
torment yourself
torture yourself
be afraid
be agitated
be in a flap
be in a state
be in a tiz-woz
be on pins and needles
lose sleep over
be in a lather
be in a stew
stay the course
stick it out
be in a state of agitation
be in a state of anxiety
be in a state of nervousness
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