to fear; to dread; foreboding

to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil

revered friend

to be arrested by fear; restraint; scruple

timorous; nervous

to dread punishment; afraid of being arrested for a crime

dangerous road; (fig.) perilous or intimidating undertaking

to be daunted by challenges

cowering; cringing

to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance

to flee to escape punishment; to abscond from justice

to commit suicide to escape punishment

afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous; afraid of the slightest thing