Definitions for fearfulness
fear·ful·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fear, fearfulness, frightnoun

   an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

2. fearfulnessnoun

   the trait of being afraid

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fearfulnessnoun

   The quality of being fearful

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fearfulnessnoun

   Etymology: from fearful.

   1. Timorousness; habitual timidity.2. State of being afraid; awe; dread.

   Is it credible that the acknowledgment of our own unworthiness, our professed fearfulness to ask any thing, otherwise than only for his sake to whom God can deny nothing, that this should be noted for a popish errour. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   A third thing that makes a government justly despised, is fearfulness of and mean compliances with bold popular offenders. Robert South, Sermons.

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1. fearfulness

   Fear is an intensely unpleasant emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes physiological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat. Fear in human beings may occur in response to a certain stimulus occurring in the present, or in anticipation or expectation of a future threat perceived as a risk to oneself. The fear response arises from the perception of danger leading to confrontation with or escape from/avoiding the threat (also known as the fight-or-flight response), which in extreme cases of fear (horror and terror) can be a freeze response or paralysis. In humans and other animals, fear is modulated by the process of cognition and learning. Thus, fear is judged as rational or appropriate and irrational or inappropriate. An irrational fear is called a phobia. Fear is closely related to the emotion anxiety, which occurs as the result of threats that are perceived to be uncontrollable or unavoidable. The fear response serves survival by engendering appropriate behavioral responses, so it has been preserved throughout evolution. Sociological and organizational research also suggests that individuals' fears are not solely dependent on their nature but are also shaped by their social relations and culture, which guide their understanding of when and how much fear to feel.Fear is sometimes incorrectly considered the opposite of courage. For the reason that courage is a willingness to face adversity, fear is an example of a condition that makes the exercise of courage possible.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fearfulnessnoun

   the state of being fearful

Matched Categories

1. • Cowardice
   • Emotion

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fearfulness in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fearfulness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of fearfulness in a Sentence

1. Philip Sidney:

   Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself.

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