8
cowardly(adjective, anxious, nervous, scared, frightened)
8
timidity(noun, anxiety, horror, dread, fearfulness)
6
cowardice(noun, anxiety, horror, dread, fearfulness)
5
yikes
5
coward(noun, state, worry, anxiety, horror)
5
fear has big eyes(expression, idiom, anxiety, horror, dread)
5
fear has long legs(expression, idiom, anxiety, horror, dread)
5
fear has many eyes(expression, idiom, anxiety, horror, dread)
5
fear hath a hundred eyes(expression, idiom, anxiety, horror, dread)
5
panic attack(noun, expression, anxiety, horror, dread)
5
paranoia
5
stage fright(noun, expression, anxiety, horror, dread)
4
affright(noun, anxiety, horror, dread, fearfulness)
4
dismay(noun, verb, bother, worry, stress)
4
alarm(noun, verb, bother, worry, stress)
4
apprehension(noun, anxiety, horror, dread, fearfulness)
4
apprehensiveness(noun, anxiety, horror, dread, fearfulness)
4
creeps(noun, anxiety, horror, dread, fearfulness)
4
fearful(adjective, anxious, nervous, dreadful, dread)
4
horror(noun, anxiety, dread, fearfulness, fright)
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