Afraid
Afraid adjective - Filled with fear or dread.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Casting Crowns is a Christian band that is not afraid to call out lazy and hypocritical believers.
Source: Religion Rant Song - His dad was a lazy deadbeat, and he's afraid of other people thinking that he's like that too.
Source: Fatal Flaw -
Alliterative Name Anti-Hero: Dylan is lazy, prone to mood swings and depression, anxious, full of phobias (he is afraid of flying, of ships, of heights, of bats, very afraid of closed spaces...) and not particularly brave, strong or sharp.
Source: Comic Book / Dylan Dog
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