What is another word for great fear?

Pronunciation: [ɡɹˈe͡ɪt fˈi͡ə] (IPA)

Great fear can be described in various ways using synonyms. Some words that could be used include terror, alarm, panic, anxiety, trepidation, and dread. The feeling of great fear is characterized by a sense of impending danger or harm, which can cause a person to experience a range of physical and emotional symptoms. These may include rapid heartbeat, sweating, shaking, and feelings of helplessness or loss of control. Synonyms for great fear can help to convey the intensity of the emotion and the urgency of the situation. Regardless of the word used, experiencing great fear is a challenging and often overwhelming experience.

What are the hypernyms for Great fear?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Great fear

  • Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
    Christian Nestell Bovee
  • As an actor you have one great fear: pimples!
    Jonathan Brandis
  • And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me.
    Black Elk
  • It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.
    Jodie Foster
  • If the markets had behaved badly, that would obviously add to people's sense of alarm... but there has been a lot of reassurance coming, particularly in the way the Brits handled all this. There seems to be no great fear that something like that is going to happen here.
    Brit Hume

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