If you are ~, you are anxious or afraid, often because of something that has just happened or that you think may happen.
She was ~ of flying...
Miriam was too ~ to tell her family what had happened.
ADJ: oft v-link ADJ of n/-ing, ADJ to-inf
If you are ~, you are anxious or afraid, often because of something that has just happened or that you think may happen.
She was ~ of flying...
Miriam was too ~ to tell her family what had happened.
ADJ: oft v-link ADJ of n/-ing, ADJ to-inf
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012