Synonyms of the word

afraid

• adj. (usually used predicatively, not attributively) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
• adj. (colloquial) regretful, sorry.

acrophobic

• adj. Of or pertaining to or suffering from acrophobia.
• n. A person who has acrophobia.

afeard

• adj. (archaic) afraid.

afeared

• v. simple past tense and past participle of afear.
• adj. (dialectal) Afraid.

aghast

• adj. Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.

agoraphobic

• n. One who suffers from agoraphobia.
• adj. Of or pertaining to agoraphobia.

alarmed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of alarm.
• adj. Having an alarm fitted.
• adj. Worried; anxious; panicky.

appalled

• adj. Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of appall.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of appal.

apprehensive

• adj. Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
• adj. Perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect.

aquaphobic

• adj. Having aquaphobia.
• adj. Relating to aquaphobia.
• n. An aquaphobe.

browbeaten

• v. past participle of browbeat.
• adj. intimidated or subjugated.

bullied

• v. simple past tense and past participle of bully.
• adj. Having been a victim of a bully.

claustrophobic

• adj. (psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.
• adj. Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
• n. Someone with claustrophobia.

concerned

• adj. Showing concern.
• adj. Involved or responsible.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of concern.

cowardly

• adj. Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; basely or weakly fearful.
• adv. (archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.

cowed

• adj. Frightened into submission.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of cow.

disinclined

• adj. not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of disincline.

dismayed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of dismay.
• adj. Having the emotion of dismay.

fearful

• adj. Frightening.
• adj. (now rare) Frightened, filled with terror.
• adj. Tending to fear.
• adj. (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.

frightened

• adj. Afraid; suffering from fear.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of frighten.

hangdog

• n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
• adj. Low; sneaking; ashamed.

horrified

• adj. Struck with horror.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of horrify.

horror-stricken

• adj. See horror-struck.

horror-struck

• adj. horrified so as to be overwhelmed or incapacitated.

hunted

• adj. Being the subject of a hunt.
• adj. (figuratively) Nervous and agitated, as if pursued.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of hunt.

hydrophobic

• adj. Of, or having hydrophobia (rabies).
• adj. (physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb, or be wetted by water.

intimidated

• adj. Affected by intimidation.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of intimidate.

mysophobic

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from mysophobia.

numb

• adj. Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
• adj. Not able to react, surprised, shocked.
• adj. Causing numbness.
• v. (transitive) To cause to become numb.

panic-stricken

• adj. Very frightened, and unable to react sensibly because of panic.

panicked

• v. simple past tense and past participle of panic.
• adj. Experiencing or in a state of panic.

panicky

• adj. In a state of panic.

petrified

• adj. Extremely afraid.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of petrify.

scared

• adj. Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of scare.

shitless

• adj. (vulgar) Having an empty bowel; greatly frightened; see usage notes below.

shocked

• adj. surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of shock.

terrified

• adj. Extremely frightened.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of terrify.

timid

• adj. Lacking in courage or confidence.

triskaidekaphobic

• n. Someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia.
• adj. Suffering from triskaidekaphobia.

unnerved

• v. simple past tense and past participle of unnerve.

xenophobic

• adj. Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners.
• n. A xenophobe.