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Vocabulary

  1. worried unhappy or anxious because you keep thinking about a problem

  2. anxious very worried about something that may happen or may have happened, so that you think about it all the time

  3. troubled worried or anxious

  4. concerned worried about something

  5. disturbed worried or slightly shocked

  6. upset unhappy and worried because something unpleasant or disappointing has happened

  7. alarmed frightened and worried

  8. perturbed worried or annoyed because of something that has happened

  9. uneasy nervous, anxious and unable to relax because you think something bad might happen

Fear

= Mary: What a thunderstorm! It gives me the shivers even to look out.

= Mary was frightened of the thunderstorm raging outside.

= Jane: Stop them! They may beat one another to death.

= Jane was horrified by the sight of people fighting and wanted someone to stop them.

Patterns

  1. John

said

cried (out)

exclaimed

screamed

shouted

yelled

in/with

fear

fright

dread

dismay

horror

terror

panic

(that they were

doomed to die).

  1. John said / cried (out) / exclaimed / screamed / shouted / yelled in a frightened voice (that they were doomed to die).

  1. John said it out of/from fear.

  1. John lied for fear

of being dismissed.

that he would be dismissed.

  1. John (said he) was afraid

of the dark.

for his children/his job.

to open the door.

of falling down from that height.

that he would/might lose it.

  1. John feared

old age/death/defeat.

for Peter’s safety/life.

his friend(’s) getting into danger.

to tell Peter the truth.

that he would be late/miss the train.

  1. The news aroused / inspired / instilled / kindled / allayed / dispelled fear in John.

  1. The news confirmed John’s fears.

  1. His words struck fear into John’s heart.

  1. John gave Peter a (nasty/sudden) fright/scare by shouting at him.

  1. John

was

got

grew

appalled at/by

dismayed at/by

frightened at/of/about

horrified at/by

scared at/by

terrified at/of/by

petrified (with fear) at/by

the tragic news.

what he heard.

  1. John

was

got

grew

appalled

dismayed

frightened

horrified

scared

terrified

petrified (with fear)

to hear of his death.

that he had been betrayed.

  1. It horrified/scared John (to hear/learn) that he had been betrayed.

  1. John

felt

expressed

(his)

dismay at/with

horror at/of

the crime.

  1. The news of the train crash filled John with dismay / horror / terror.

  1. John was filled with

dismay

horror

terror

by the news of the accident.

to hear/learn of it.

  1. (Much) to John’s horror, Peter was at a loss for words.

  1. The news

frightened

scared

terrified

John

to death/half to death.

out of his life/wits.

silly/stiff.

  1. It was appalling

to hear/learn the news.

that so many schoolchildren smoked.

  1. John

panicked

got panicky

was panic-stricken

got panic-stricken

(at the news).

(at hearing/learning the news).

  1. John

felt panic

got into a panic

was thrown into (a) panic

(at the news).

(when he realised what

had happened).

  1. The news panicked John (into accepting Peter’s conditions).