Afraid
Afraid adjective - Filled with fear or dread.
Questioning and afraid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Questioning" instead an adjective "Afraid".
Questioning
Questioning adjective - Inclined to doubt or question claims.
Afraid and questioning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afraid" instead an adjective "Questioning".
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To put it in perspective, the other three generals are afraid of reporting failure to Lordgenome because they know it might mean their lives, whereas Guame can get away with openly questioning his orders in front of the others.
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Product Placement: "Too Much Paranoias": I think I got a Big Mac attack Properly Paranoid: "Too Much Paranoias": There's too much paranoias There's too much paranoias My momma's afraid to tell me the things she's afraid of Questioning Title: The album title.
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Loving a Shadow: Stephen himself is afraid that his own feelings toward Diana were false after he runs into her again in Boston, and discovers that he no longer loves her, leading to endless self-questioning if his earlier passion was based on reality.
Source: Literature / Aubrey-Maturin
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