fearfulness vs dismay
dismay vs fearfulnessfearfulness and dismay both are nouns.
fearfulness is not a verb while dismay is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fearfulness | Yes | No | No | No |
| dismay | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
dismay is a hyponym of
fearfulness; that is, dismay is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
fearfulness:
- fearfulness: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- dismay: fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Other hyponyms of fearfulness include
alarm, consternation, creeps, chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle, horror, hysteria, affright, panic, terror, panic attack, scare, stage fright, apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, timidity, timidness, timorousness, intimidation.
| fearfulness (noun) | dismay (noun) |
|---|---|
| the trait of being afraid | fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
| an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) | the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles |
| fearfulness (verb) | dismay (verb) |
|---|---|
| fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | |
| lower someone's spirits; make downhearted |
Words related to "fearfulness"
- affright
- afraid
- alarm
- apprehension
- apprehensiveness
- chill
- cold sweat
- consternation
- cowardice
- cowardliness
- creeps
- dismay
- dread
- emotion
- fear
- fearful
- fearless
- fearlessness
- fright
- frisson
- gutlessness
- horror
- hysteria
- intimidation
- panic
- panic attack
- pusillanimity
- pusillanimousness
- quiver
- scare
- shiver
- shudder
- stage fright
- terror
- thrill
- timidity
- timidness
- timorousness
- tingle
- unafraid
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