Terrified
Terrified adjective - Filled with fear or dread.
Usage example: terrified dogs hiding under the couch
Upset and terrified are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upset" instead an adjective "Terrified".
Nearby Words: terrifying, terrify
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- Wicked: Galinda is terrified and upset when she doesn't get her way.
Source: Berserk Button / Theater - Since Comedian was at best a sociopath who, by his own words, saw life as one big Nihilistic joke, another interpretation is that what terrified and upset Comedian was less the lives lost, but more the possibility that Ozymandias' plan would succeed and create a world that he would have no place in.
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Hair-Trigger Temper: The group is terrified of doing anything to upset Don when he arrives.
Source: Film / Sexy Beast
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