adjective
1.
suffering the effects of apprehension, fear, or terror
too afraid to even cry for help
Synonyms: aghast, anxious, ||ascared, fearful, frightened, scared, scary, terrified; compare fearful 2
Related Word: shrinking, shy, timid, timorous; cautious, chary, wary; jumpy, skittish
Idioms: frightened out of one's wits, in a (blue) funk, scared to death, terror stricken
Contrasted words: confident, dauntless, fearless; assured, collected, poised, self-possessed
Antonyms: unafraid
2.
Synonyms: fearful 2, apprehensive
Idioms: all of a twitter ( or flutter)
Antonyms: unafraid; sanguine
3.
Synonyms: disinclined , averse, backward, hesitant, indisposed, loath, reluctant, uneager, unwilling, unwishful