fearful
adjective
[ ˈfɪəfʊl ]
• feeling or showing fear or anxiety.
• "they are fearful of the threat of nuclear war"
Similar:
afraid,
frightened,
scared,
scared stiff,
scared to death,
terrified,
petrified,
alarmed,
panicky,
nervous,
tense,
apprehensive,
uneasy,
hesitant,
disquieted,
worried,
worried sick,
anxious,
nervy,
jittery,
jumpy,
in a (blue) funk,
frit,
afeared,
affrighted,
trembling,
quaking,
quivering,
shrinking,
cowering,
cowed,
daunted,
timid,
timorous,
diffident,
faint-hearted,
cowardly,
pusillanimous,
twitchy,
keyed up,
yellow,
chicken,
in a cold sweat,
a bundle of nerves,
like a cat on a hot tin roof,
frightened of one's own shadow,
having kittens,
like a cat on hot bricks,
windy,
stressy,
spooked,
spooky,
antsy,
overstrung,
unquiet,
• very great.
• "he was in a fearful hurry"
