6
overwhelming(adjective, great, tough, awful, foul)
6
paranoid
6
petrified(adjective, person, feelings, emotions, frightened)
6
retiring(adjective, quiet, weak, soft, base)
6
shrinking(adjective, weak, soft, base, anxious)
6
sinister(adjective, awful, terrible, dreadful, weird)
6
terror-stricken(adjective, frightened)
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uncertain(adjective, weak, anxious, nervous, doubtful)
6
unmanly(adjective, worried, afraid, apprehensive, scared)
6
unsure(adjective, weak, nervous, hesitant, indecisive)
6
white-livered
6
woeful(adjective, awful, terrible, strange, horrible)
6
wretched(adjective, awful, terrible, wicked, horrible)
5
almighty(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
5
bashful(adjective, quiet, simple, gentle, modest)
5
birdhearted(adjective, fear, scary)
5
dastardly(adjective, weak, soft, low, base)
5
edgy(adjective, anxious, awkward, unsettled, worried)
5
eerie(adjective, mean, nasty, unpleasant, awful)
5
execrable(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, disgusting)
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