fearfulness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
noun the trait of being afraid

From fearful + -ness.

It was finally dawning on me that Marcelina's fearfulness back in the hut had nothing to do with betraying Alex Goddard. — Life Blood, Thomas Hoover
Just slowly, among his growing riches, Siddhartha had assumed something of the childlike people’s ways for himself, something of their childlikeness and of their fearfulness. — Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse
I was frequently rallied by the queen upon account of my fearfulness; and she used to ask me whether the people of my country were as great cowards as myself? — Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, Jonathan Swift

fear, fright

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