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foresee(verb, bother, worry, avoid, stress)
13
revere(verb, bother, worry, stress, fuss)
13
solicitude(noun, worry, concern, anxiety, disquiet)
13
aversion(noun, distress, anxiety, thing, shock)
12
cold feet(noun, expression, idiom, excitement, slang)
12
nightmare(noun, distress, anxiety, awful, terrible)
12
qualm(noun, difficulty, distress, anxiety, confusion)
12
suspicion(noun, verb, feeling, worry, difficulty)
12
abhorrence(noun, distress, anxiety, shock, awful)
12
fret(verb, bother, worry, avoid, stress)
12
trouble(noun, verb, bother, worry, concern)
12
veneration(noun, state, respect, anxiety, esteem)
11
be afraid of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, bother)
11
care(noun, worry, concern, anxiety, interest)
11
faintheartedness(noun, distress, anxiety, weakness, alarm)
11
chickenheartedness(noun, distress, anxiety, weakness, alarm)
11
have qualms(verb, expression, idiom, bother, worry)
11
sweat(noun, verb, bother, worry, concern)
10
despair(noun, worry, distress, anxiety, melancholy)
10
falter(verb, feeling, bother, worry, avoid)
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