ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

nervousness, restlessness &c adj.; inquietude, disquietude, worry, concern;
batophobia † ; heartquake † ; flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor,
quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat; abject
fear &c (cowardice) 862; mortal funk, heartsinking † , despondency; despair &c 859.
fright; affright, affrightment † ; boof alarm [U.S.], dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay,
consternation, panic, scare, stampede (of horses).
intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror.
[Object of fear] bug bear, bugaboo; scarecrow; hobgoblin &c (demon) 980;
nightmare, Gorgon, mormo † , ogre, Hurlothrumbo † , raw head and bloody bones, fee-fawfum,
bete noire [Fr.], enfant terrible [Fr.].
alarmist &c (coward) 862.
V. fear, stand in awe of; be afraid &c adj.; have qualms &c n.; apprehend, sit upon
thorns, eye askance; distrust &c (disbelieve) 485.
hesitate &c (be irresolute) 605; falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk &c (cowardice) 862;
let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would' [Macbeth] take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch,
shy, shrink; fly &c (avoid) 623.
tremble, shake; shiver, shiver in one's shoes; shudder, flutter; shake like an aspen leaf,
tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over; quake, quaver, quiver, quail.
grow pale, turn pale; blench, stand aghast; not dare to say one's soul is one's own.
inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise apprehensions † ; be in a daze,
bulldoze [U.S.]; faze, feeze [U.S.]; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm,
startle, scare, cry 'wolf', disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from
one's propriety; fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven
senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul,
appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony.
make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold,
make one's teeth chatter; take away one's breath, stop one's breath; make one tremble &c;
haunt; prey on the mind, weigh on the mind.
put in fear, put in bodily fear; terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter,
discourage; browbeat, bully; threaten &c 909.
Adj. fearing &c v.; frightened &c v.; in fear, in a fright &c n.; haunted with the fear of
&c n.; afeard † .
afraid, fearful; timid, timorous; nervous, diffident, coy, faint-hearted, tremulous,
shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety; more frightened than hurt.
aghast; awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic-stricken, awestruck, awestricken,
horror-struck; frightened to death, white as a sheet; pale, pale as a ghost, pale as
death, pale as ashes; breathless, in hysterics.
inspiring fear &c v.; alarming; formidable, redoubtable; perilous &c (danger) 665;
portentous; fearful; dread, dreadful; fell; dire, direful; shocking; terrible, terrific;
tremendous; horrid, horrible, horrific; ghastly; awful, awe-inspiring; revolting &c
(painful) 830; Gorgonian.
Adv. in terrorem [Lat.].
Int. angels and ministers of grace defend us! [Hamlet].
Phr. ante tubam trepidat [Lat.]; horresco referens [Lat.], one's heart failing one, obstupui
steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit [Lat.] [Vergil].