[noun] fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" Synonyms:apprehension, apprehensiveness
[verb] be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" Synonyms:fear
[adjective] causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" Synonyms:awful, dire, direful, ed, ful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
