quail
verb [I] /kweɪl/ literaryDefinition
› to feel or show fear; to want to be able to move away from something because you fear it: Charlie quailed at the sound of his mother's angry voice. She quailed before her boss's anger.Afraid
(Definition of quail verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- afraid adjective (FEAR)
- be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights idiom
- bottle out phrasal verb
- cower verb
- fear for sb/sth phrasal verb
- fear noun
- fear the worst idiom
- fear verb
- fearfully adverb
- horror-struck adjective
- in terror of your life idiom
- intimidated adjective
- panic verb
- panic-stricken adjective
- panicky adjective
- shell-shocked adjective
- shit a brick idiom
- shit verb
- terrified adjective
- terror-stricken adjective
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