fear; dread; fright; willies
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror
to be afraid (of); to be frightened (of)
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation
bashfulness before strangers
fools rush in where angels fear to tread; (lit.) the blind don't fear snakes
when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; (lit.) a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)