4
perishing(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
4
yellowbellied(adjective, characteristic, fear, fearful, coward)
3
feared(adjective, horrible, desperate, tremendous, hair-raising)
2
pavid(adjective, animal, fear, shy, scare)
2
Kafkaesque(adjective, fearful, affecting, frightening)
2
startled(adjective, shy, scare, awe)
1
paralysing(adjective, terrible, fear, threatening)
1
sepulchral(adjective, extraordinary, horrible, unreasonable, inappropriate)
1
weak-hearted(adjective, shy, sheep, influenced)
1
agonizing(adjective, terrible, fear, threatening)
1
baleful(adjective, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful)
1
funereal(adjective, extraordinary, horrible, unreasonable, inappropriate)
1
weak hearted(adjective, shy, sheep, influenced)
1
browbeating(adjective, terrible, fear, threatening)
1
charnel(adjective, worry, awful, fear)
1
deterrent(adjective, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful)
1
dreading(adjective, fearful, affecting, frightening)
1
heart-stopping(adjective, horrible, desperate, tremendous, hair-raising)
1
pigeon-hearted(adjective, shy, sheep, influenced)
1
poor-spirited(adjective, shy, sheep, influenced)
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