emotion - any strong feeling

alarm, consternation, dismay - fear resulting from the awareness of danger

creeps - a feeling of fear and revulsion; "he gives me the creeps"

frisson, quiver, shudder, tingle, chill, thrill, shiver - an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"

horror - intense and profound fear

hysteria - excessive or uncontrollable fear

panic, terror - an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

panic attack, scare - a sudden attack of fear

stage fright - fear that affects a person about to face an audience

apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

timidity, timidness, timorousness - fear of the unknown or unfamiliar and of making decisions

intimidation - the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid

cold sweat - concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear

cowardice, cowardliness - the trait of lacking courage

timidity, timorousness - fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities

pusillanimity, pusillanimousness - contemptible fearfulness

gutlessness - the trait of lacking courage and determination; fearful of loss or injury