Afraid and Hunted

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Afraid adjective - Filled with fear or apprehension.

Usage example: afraid even to turn his head

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Hunted and afraid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hunted" instead an adjective "Afraid".

Hunted adjective - Reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted.

Usage example: a glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes

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Afraid and hunted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afraid" instead an adjective "Hunted".

Nearby Words: hunt, hunting, hunter

She can fish and cook and bind up a wound, she knows what it is like to be hungry, to be hunted, to be afraid.

Source: Foil / A Song of Ice and Fire
Even the fish talk, and at one point ask Alfred for help because they are afraid that they'll be hunted to extinction by a new high-tech fishing boat.

Source: Carnivore Confusion / Western Animation
In fact, Luccio was afraid he had hunted Harry down out of it.

Source: Green Eyed Monster / Literature

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