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/fˈiəfəlnəs/
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NOUN
- an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- the trait of being afraid
How To Use fearfulness In A Sentence
- 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
- I looked with sympathetic awe and fearfulness upon the man who, in mid-winter just landed from a four years’ dangerous voyage, could so unrestingly push off again for still another tempestuous term.
- He had imagined that their weakness and fearfulness had led them to destruction.
- They are not easily aroused into the fearfulness which is so often the parent of thoughtlessness. The Epistles of St. Peter
- He had imagined that their weakness and fearfulness had led them to destruction.
- During the heightened moments of the film, the feeling of fearfulness is overshadowed by the stupidity of the plot.
- The musical score dramatically illustrates her fearfulness and panic.
- The personality trait that best predicted the overestimation bias was fearfulness, not other negative-affect traits such as anxiety or anger. Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea
- People may experience fearfulness, palpitations and even panic attacks.
- 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