34
coward(noun, person, informal, individual, behavior)
16
fear(noun, distress, anxiety, weakness, shock)
10
cowardice(noun, distress, anxiety, weakness, fear)
9
flinch(verb, fear, cowardice)
9
fright(noun, distress, anxiety, shock, depression)
8
dread(noun, distress, anxiety, shock, fear)
8
alarm(noun, distress, anxiety, shock, depression)
8
panic(noun, distress, anxiety, shock, depression)
8
wince(verb, fear)
7
blue funk(noun, expression, idiom, fall, anxiety)
7
depression(noun, happy, shock, failure, sorrow)
7
dismay(noun, feeling, distress, anxiety, shock)
7
shrink(verb, fear)
7
smell(noun, verb, state, act, cause)
7
terror(noun, distress, anxiety, shock, fear)
6
cringe
6
quail(verb, cowardice)
6
recoil
5
awe(noun, distress, anxiety, fear, alarm)
5
gloom(noun, happy, sorrow, depression, feelings)
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