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100 Best Synonyms for “Fearing”

October 27, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. afraid of feeling fear about
2. alarmed by suddenly made fearful
3. anguished about deeply distressed and fearful
4. antsy about restlessly nervous about
5. anxious about uneasy and concerned about
6. anxious for worried for someone’s welfare
7. apprehensive about anxiously expecting trouble
8. apprehensive for fearful for someone’s safety
9. bracing for preparing fearfully for
10. brooding over gloomily worrying about
11. cautious about careful because of risk
12. chary of cautiously reluctant through fear
13. concerned about worried about possible trouble
14. cowardly about showing fear about
15. cowed by made timid through fear
16. cowering before cringing in fear before
17. cringing before shrinking fearfully before
18. daunted by discouraged and fearful about
19. disconcerted by made uneasy or fearful
20. dismayed by made fearful and discouraged
21. disquieted by made uneasy and fearful
22. distressed by upset and fearful about
23. disturbed by made uneasy or fearful
24. doubtful about uncertain and uneasy about
25. dreading greatly fearing something
26. edgy about tense and uneasy about
27. expectant of danger anticipating possible harm
28. expecting the worst anticipating bad outcomes
29. fainthearted about lacking courage about
30. fear-ridden about full of fear about
31. fearful about afraid concerning something
32. fearful for afraid on behalf of
33. fearful of feeling fear of
34. fearful toward afraid in relation to
35. fidgety about nervously uneasy about
36. flinching from reacting fearfully against
37. fretting about worrying anxiously about
38. frightened of feeling fear toward
39. guarded about careful and wary about
40. haunted by persistently troubled or fearful
41. hesitant about holding back from fear
42. hesitant to uncertain from fear
43. high-strung about very nervous about
44. horrified by filled with fearful shock
45. horror-struck by overwhelmed with fearful shock
46. hypervigilant about excessively alert to danger
47. in dread of feeling deep fear of
48. in fear of living with fear of
49. intimidated by made fearful or uneasy
50. jittery about nervously fearful about
51. jumpy about easily startled and nervous
52. leery of suspiciously wary of
53. menaced by feeling danger from
54. mistrustful of not trusting; wary of
55. nervous about worried and fearful about
56. nervous to too uneasy to
57. obsessing over fearfully fixating on
58. on edge about tense and fearful about
59. overawed by awed into fearful respect
60. panicked about overcome with fearful worry
61. perturbed by disturbed and uneasy about
62. petrified of extremely frightened of
63. preoccupied with mentally absorbed with worry
64. quailing at losing courage from fear
65. quaking at shaking with fear of
66. queasy about uneasy or fearful about
67. rattled by made nervous or fearful
68. recoiling from pulling back in fear
69. reluctant to unwilling from fear or doubt
70. restless about uneasily worried about
71. scared of frightened by or of
72. scarred by left fearful by experience
73. shrinking from drawing back in fear
74. shy of cautiously avoiding through fear
75. skittish about easily frightened about
76. spooked by suddenly made fearful
77. spun out about very anxious about
78. stressed about under anxious pressure about
79. stricken by deeply affected with fear
80. sweating over worrying fearfully about
81. tense about strained and worried about
82. terrified of extremely afraid of
83. terror-stricken by overcome with terror
84. threatened by feeling danger from
85. traumatized by made fearful by trauma
86. trembling at shaking with fear of
87. tremulous about shakingly anxious about
88. troubled over worried about
89. under threat from facing feared danger from
90. uneasy about slightly worried or fearful
91. unnerved by made anxious or fearful
92. uptight about tense and worried about
93. vigilant about carefully alert to danger
94. wary of cautiously fearful of
95. white-knuckled about tense with fear about
96. worked up about agitated and worried about
97. worried about concerned something bad may happen
98. worried for concerned for someone’s safety
99. worried over concerned about
100. worried that concerned that something may

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