Fear: alternatives and connections

To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.

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A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

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The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

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The quality or state of being apprehensive.

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A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.

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Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.

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To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to…

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To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

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A sudden brief thrill, shiver or wave of excitement.

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A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.

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A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power corresp…

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The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidatio…

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A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.

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Nimble; active.

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To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

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One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.

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To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.

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Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.

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A warbling; a trill.

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The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.

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To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.

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Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.

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A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting…

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To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.

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Trial, as a test or experiment.

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To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Knee.

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An enterprise.

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That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

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Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or…

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To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

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The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

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To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.

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A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.

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A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.

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Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.

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Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

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Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

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To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

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To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

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Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples.

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Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples.

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Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.

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Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.

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Free from fear.

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Free from fear.

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Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

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A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

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The state of being fearful.

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A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

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To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.

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Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

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To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders.

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The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentiment…

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The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.

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The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.

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