FEARFULNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does fearfulness mean?
• FEARFULNESS (noun)
The noun FEARFULNESS has 2 senses:
1. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
2. the trait of being afraid
Familiarity information: FEARFULNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FEARFULNESS (noun)
Meaning:
An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
fear; fearfulness; fright
Hypernyms ("fearfulness" is a kind of...):
emotion (any strong feeling)
Meronyms (parts of "fearfulness"):
cold sweat (concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear)
Attribute:
afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)
fearless; unafraid (oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fearfulness"):
timidity; timidness; timorousness (fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions)
apprehension; apprehensiveness; dread (fearful expectation or anticipation)
stage fright (fear that affects a person about to face an audience)
panic attack; scare (a sudden attack of fear)
affright; panic; terror (an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety)
hysteria (excessive or uncontrollable fear)
horror (intense and profound fear)
chill; frisson; quiver; shiver; shudder; thrill; tingle (an almost pleasurable sensation of fright)
creeps (a feeling of fear and revulsion)
alarm; consternation; dismay (fear resulting from the awareness of danger)
intimidation (the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid)
Meaning:
The trait of being afraid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fearfulness" is a kind of...):
cowardice; cowardliness (the trait of lacking courage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fearfulness"):
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)
Antonym:
fearlessness (the trait of feeling no fear)
