abulia agitation alarm all-overs angst anticipate anxiety anxiety hysteria anxiety neurosis anxious bench anxious concern anxious seat anxiousness apprehend apprehension apprehensiveness attack of nerves awe back down balance be afraid bete noire bogey bogy buck fever bugbear cankerworm of care care case of nerves chicken-liveredness chickenheartedness cold feet cold sweat concern concernment consternation cowardice cowardliness cravenness debate deliberate demur diffidence discomposure dismay disquiet disquietude distress disturbance dread esteem excessive irritability expect eye askance faintheart faintheartedness faintness falter fearfulness feeblemindedness feebleness fidgetiness fidgets foreboding forebodingness forebodings foresee frailty fright funk hang back have qualms hem and haw henheartedness hesitate hesitation horror hover hum and haw imagine infirmity inquietude jib lily-liveredness malaise milksopism milksoppiness milksoppishness misgive misgiving morbid excitability nerves nervosity nervous stomach nervous strain nervous tension nervousness nightmare overanxiety panic panickiness pause perturbation phobia pigeonheartedness pins and needles pliability ponder presentiment pucker pull back qualms quiver respect retreat revere reverence scare scruple second thoughts shilly-shally shrink from shudder at shy sit upon thorns softness solicitude spell of nerves spinelessness stage fright stand aghast state of nerves stew stick at stickle stop to consider straddle the fence strain strain at suspect suspense tension terror think twice about tic timidity timidness timorousness trepidation trepidity trouble twitching unease uneasiness unmanfulness unmanliness unquietness upset vellication venerate veneration vexation weak will weak-mindedness weakheartedness weakness withdraw worry yellowness yield zeal