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fear(noun, upset, feeling, bother)
21
panic(noun, trouble, worry, concern)
13
apprehend(worry, avoid, fear, fuss)
10
worry(noun, trouble, concern, excitement)
7
be afraid(expression, idiom, worry, avoid)
7
scare(noun, worry, concern, distress)
6
shrink from(expression, phrasal verb, fear, anticipate)
5
anticipate(worry, avoid, fuss, fret)
5
flinch(worry, avoid, fuss, fret)
4
be afraid of(expression, idiom, fear, apprehend)
4
contemplate
4
expect(worry, avoid, fuss, fret)
4
foresee(worry, avoid, fuss, fret)
3
envisage
3
misdoubt(fear, anticipate, apprehend, be afraid)
3
presume
3
suspect(worry, avoid, fuss, fret)
2
be frightened(worry, avoid, fuss, fret)
2
cringe(fear, anticipate, apprehend)
2
have qualms(expression, worry, avoid, fuss)
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