How do I express fear in English? - English words - fear and being afraid. Learn English with Duncan

hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you ok I

hope so are you happy I hope so in today's

lesson we're going to take a look at words connected with fear and being

afraid

there are many words that are connected to being afraid and experiencing fear

such as alarmed anxious apprehension dread fret frightened horror petrified

scared terrorized trepidation and ease and worry fear is an emotional reaction

to something we are afraid of we express fear in many ways for instance our heart

might beat faster maybe we begin to bite our nails

perhaps we shiver or maybe we close our eyes so we cannot see what is happening

we can express fear by what we say and the way we say it for example I don't

want to go in there it's too dark someone is following me maybe they will

rob me I don't want to go to the dentist I'm too scared I have to see my boss

today and I'm not looking forward to it

did you know that you can be afraid of almost anything there is another word

for fear we can say that we have a phobia if you have a phobia then this

means that you will always be afraid of that particular thing there are many

phobias around such as

agoraphobia the fear of open spaces or going outdoors

acrophobia the fear of being high up from the ground the dizzy feeling you

get when you're high up is called vertigo algophobia a fear of pain

arachnophobia to be afraid of spiders

claustrophobia a fear of being in a small space for example trapped in a

cupboard

hydrophobia a fear of water Pyrrha phobia a fear of fire or being burned

ronita phobia a fear of frogs

triskaidekaphobia a fear of number 13 for example sitting at a table with 13

people try panna phobia a fear of injections or needles xenophobia a fear

of strangers foreigners or foreign cultures

what are you afraid of what what makes you scared boom if fear suddenly happens

then we normally call this shock you did not expect that event to happen so you

will be even more scared and anxious there are many sentences that can be

used for showing the action of being shocked for example you frightened the

life out of me I'm shaking like a jury you put the willies up me I almost

jumped out of my skin you nearly gave me a heart attack

sometimes at night we have dreams but makers afraid we call these particular

dreams nightmares or bad dreams in our mind the scary event seems real

so our fear will feel just as real do you ever have nightmares fear is a

normal emotion although if someone begins to feel afraid all the time then

this can lead to serious problems maybe a person believes that people are

watching them when there is no one about this kind of fear is called paranoia

some people say that these days we are more afraid than ever before

they believe that since the 9/11 attacks in the USA our general fear has grown

and perhaps we have become more distrusting towards other people around

us as Franklin D Roosevelt once said the only thing we have to fear is fear

itself

look shivering like a jelly well another lesson has come to an end

but do not fear do not worry I will see you again real soon

this is mr. Duncan in England saying thanks for watching and don't have

nightmares bye bye for now