Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being fearful or timorous; timidity; awe; alarm; dread.
- noun The quality of causing fear or alarm; dreadfulness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being fearful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
fearful
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- noun the trait of being afraid
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Examples
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This smart girl's lack of attention to her assignments, and her overt "fearfulness" surely suggest something else is going on it her life.
More About the Fearful Student Darren Kuropatwa 2005
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They are not easily aroused into the fearfulness which is so often the parent of thoughtlessness.
The Epistles of St. Peter 1817-1893 1910
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From this, or, it may be, from some deeper cause with which this is connected, arose a certain kind of fearfulness associated with the sense of hearing, of which I have never heard a corresponding instance.
The Portent & Other Stories George MacDonald 1864
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For example, if the person was avoiding eye contact an indicator of fearfulness, Kurtz might say, "you're totally safe here," guessing that the client's unconscious thought otherwise.
Craig K. Comstock: Remembering A Buddhist Psychotherapy Pioneer Craig K. Comstock 2011
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When someone acts bizarre and rants and raves in public, they do trigger fearfulness and avoidance in those around them.
Mark Goulston, M.D.: Understanding The Arizona Shooter From The Inside Out M.D. Mark Goulston 2011
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The personality trait that best predicted the overestimation bias was fearfulness, not other negative-affect traits such as anxiety or anger.
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When someone acts bizarre and rants and raves in public, they do trigger fearfulness and avoidance in those around them.
Mark Goulston, M.D.: Understanding The Arizona Shooter From The Inside Out M.D. Mark Goulston 2011
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For example, if the person was avoiding eye contact an indicator of fearfulness, Kurtz might say, "you're totally safe here," guessing that the client's unconscious thought otherwise.
Craig K. Comstock: Remembering A Buddhist Psychotherapy Pioneer Craig K. Comstock 2011
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When someone acts bizarre and rants and raves in public, they do trigger fearfulness and avoidance in those around them.
Mark Goulston, M.D.: Understanding The Arizona Shooter From The Inside Out M.D. Mark Goulston 2011
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When someone acts bizarre and rants and raves in public, they do trigger fearfulness and avoidance in those around them.
Mark Goulston, M.D.: Understanding The Arizona Shooter From The Inside Out M.D. Mark Goulston 2011
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