n. fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

v. supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"

v. be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"

v. fill with revolutionary ideas

v. serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"

v. heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"

v. urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

adv. together with somebody, as a companion or in association with: "His little sister came along to the movies"

adj. causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

n. the trait of seeming ill at ease

n. painful expectation

n. a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

n. an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

n. a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"

n. the feeling of being agitated; not calm

n. feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable

n. uneasiness about the fitness of an action

n. the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"

n. the state of being unsure of something

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

v. shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

v. cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

v. arouse or elicit a feeling

v. force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

v. teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation"

v. cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"

v. stimulate to remember; "jog my memory"

v. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

v. provide the needed stimulus for

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

v. give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe"

v. give encouragement to

v. urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

v. try to stir up public opinion

v. become cheerful

v. become glad or happy

v. fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

v. give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

v. hold spellbound

v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

v. make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

v. make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!"

v. make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"

v. consider as a god or godlike; "These young men deify financial success"

v. prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"

v. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

v. cause to arise; "induce a crisis"

v. heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"

v. press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"

v. make content; "I am contented"

v. become cheerful

adj. shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

adj. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"

adj. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"

adj. causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

adj. extremely painful

adj. extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

adj. causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience"

adj. exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

adj. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"

adj. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy

adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

adj. disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

v. force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"

adj. causing consternation; "appalling conditions"

adj. provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

adj. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"

adj. extremely alarming

adj. so scary as to cause chills and shudders; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"

adj. causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"

adj. inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"

adj. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

adj. hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains"

adj. causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail"

v. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

v. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged