fearfulness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fearfulness
Noun
  • The fear, in fact, is that our continual need to standardize will modernize ourselves out of existence.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2025
  • Levine also challenged Ono’s inaction as a pro-Hamas encampment took hold in the heart of Michigan’s campus, causing terror and fear among Jewish students.
    Avi D. Gordon, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Your husband’s anxiety just makes her puppet strings easier to pull.
    Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 5 July 2025
  • But Democratic pollster John Zogby said many of the wins came at the sacrifice of some and that anxiety in America is higher than ever.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • The fear is more like a soft surge of dread, as if my synapses had been been rewired to the thrusting strings of John Williams' famous theme.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 21 June 2025
  • Feelings on the ground range from dread to determination.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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“Fearfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fearfulness. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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