| adjective | experiencing or showing fear “a fearful glance” |
| adjective | causing fear or dread or terror “the awful war” |
| adjective | lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; - P.B.Shelley “cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then” |
| adjective | extremely distressing “fearful slum conditions” |
| adjective | timid by nature or revealing timidity “timorous little mouse” |
| fearfulness | noun | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
| awfulness | noun | a quality of extreme unpleasantness |
| dread | noun | fearful expectation or anticipation |
| terribleness | noun | a quality of extreme unpleasantness |
| coward | noun | a person who shows fear or timidity |
| cowardliness | noun | the trait of lacking courage |
| frightfulness | noun | the quality of being frightful |
| timorousness | noun | fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions |