Afraid
Afraid adjective - Filled with fear or dread.
Nervous wreck and afraid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nervous wreck" instead an adjective "Afraid".
Nervous wreck
Afraid and nervous wreck are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afraid" instead an adjective phrase "Nervous wreck".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- upset and afraid
- upset and nervous wreck
- agitated and afraid
- agitated and nervous wreck
- nervy and afraid
- nervy and nervous wreck
- nervous and afraid
- nervous and nervous wreck
- disturbed and afraid
- disturbed and nervous wreck
- uneasy and afraid
- uneasy and nervous wreck
- chicken and afraid
- chicken and nervous wreck
Both terms in one sentence
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Rarity becomes a nervous wreck at the luncheon for Princess Celestia, afraid anything's going to spill on her pretty party dress, in "A Bird in the Hoof".
Source: Wardrobe Wound - Nervous Wreck: Kanaya in her backstory, also Karkat, often The Nicknamer: Karkat named the FUSB Nightmare Fetishist: Aradia is perfectly content to live in a funeral home, and doesn't see why Sollux is afraid of the place.
Source: Fanfic / Brainbent
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