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funk: an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar; United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967); a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"

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consternation collapse

fright collapse

cowardice collapse: the trait of lacking courage

scare collapse: a sudden attack of fear

dismay collapse: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"

back out collapse: move out of a space backwards; "He backed out of the driveway"

craven collapse: lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser

startled collapse: excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement; "students startled by the teacher's quiet return"; "the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons"; "her startled expression"

phobia collapse: an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"

poltroon collapse: an abject coward; characterized by complete cowardliness

stampede collapse: a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"; a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle); run away in a stampede; cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"; act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"; cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"

skedaddle collapse: a hasty flight; run away, as if in a panic

frightened collapse: made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move"

horror collapse: something that inspires dislike; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"; intense and profound fear

safety zone collapse

fraidy cat collapse

scaredy cat collapse

panic collapse: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety; sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"; cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"; be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

terror collapse: a very troublesome child; a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

awe collapse: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"; inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"

storm cellar collapse: an underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes

white feather collapse: a symbol of cowardice

daunted collapse

coward collapse: a person who shows fear or timidity; English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)

niche collapse: (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species); a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it; "he found his niche in the academic world"

hiding place collapse: a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself)

horripilate collapse: cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me"; have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps; "I horripilate when I see violence on television"

hideaway collapse: an area where you can be alone

cubbyhole collapse: a small compartment

hideout collapse: a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws

Milquetoast collapse

stink collapse: be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"

fallout shelter collapse: a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb

draw back collapse

weak sister collapse

jellyfish collapse: any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans

frighten collapse: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"; drive out by frightening

dread collapse

disquieted collapse: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"

stench collapse

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