Frightened, terrified, scared, jittery, shakey, freaked.
The baseball player gripped the bat. The driver gripped the wheel. The visitor gripped the doorknob.
Fear is the root word.
alarm
"terror" - this latin word more or less corresponds to the greek "phobos"...
Cringe: To shrink back, as in fear; cower. To behave in a servile way; fawn.
gripped by fear or nervousness
What is your favorite color
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The baseball player gripped the bat. The driver gripped the wheel. The visitor gripped the doorknob.
"phobia" means fear; as a suffix it implies fear of the root word, so "bacteriophobia" means "fear of bacteria"
Porphyrophobia is the fear of the color purple
The root meaning of claustrophobia comes from the Latin word "claustrum" meaning enclosure or confined space, and the Greek word "phobos" meaning fear. Combined, it refers to the fear of enclosed spaces.
Cheddarophobia
Oppression
Fear is the root word.
The term for fear of teenagers is "ephebiphobia."
"Stepnophobia. Hope this helped! :*)"