Burden and Fear

Burden

Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.

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Fear and burden are semantically related in anxiety topic. In some cases you can use "Fear" instead a noun "Burden".

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Fear noun - The emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger.

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Burden and fear are semantically related in anxiety topic. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Fear".

old	old burden	old fear
particular	particular burden	particular fear
complete	complete burden	complete fear
sheer	sheer burden	sheer fear
Other adjectives: actual, real, constant, massive, great, huge, terrible, horrible, main, secret, major, immense, sudden, biggest.

Hides a level of extreme insecurity and social anxiety, all tied to her fear of failure and unwillingness to burden other people with her own problems, even when it comes close to killing her.

Source: Hidden Depths / Video Games
An basic example of this would be "Dragonshy", where her fear of dragons makes her a burden to everyone else throughout most of the episode.

Source: The Load / Western Animation
Behind his self-centered Drama Queen antics hides the fear of becoming a useless burden.

Source: Manga / Donten ni Warau

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