noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being fearful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fearfulness
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noun
Meaning 2
the trait of being afraid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: fearlessness
Broader terms: cowardice, cowardliness
Narrower terms: timidity, timorousness, pusillanimity, pusillanimousness, gutlessness
noun
Meaning 3
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fear, fright
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emotion
Narrower terms: alarm, dismay, consternation, creeps, frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle, horror, hysteria, panic, terror, affright, scare, panic attack, stage fright, apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, timidity, timidness, timorousness, intimidation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fearful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fearfulness From fearful + -ness.