French Fear Vocabulary ๐Ÿ˜จ

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Learn the French fear vocabulary: French fear expressions, French verbs to express fear in French and how to say wimp in French.

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Letโ€™s learn the French vocabulary associated with fear.

How to Say โ€œFearโ€ in French

Here are French nouns expressing feelings of โ€œfearโ€ from the slightest fear to the strongest fear:

  1. Lโ€™inquiรฉtude (f) : worry
  2. La crainte : fear
  3. La frayeur : fright
  4. Lโ€™angoisse : anxiety/fear
  5. La peur : fear (the most commonly used noun)
  6. La panique : panic
  7. Lโ€™effroi (m) : dread
  8. La terreur : terror
  9. Lโ€™รฉpouvante : horror

8 French Fear Verbs

  1. Sโ€™inquiรฉter : to worry
  2. Craindre : to be afraid of (โ€ฆ)
  3. Redouter : to fear
  4. Avoir peur : to be scared
  5. Faire peur ร  quelquโ€™un : to scare someone
  6. Sโ€™angoisser : to get distressed
  7. Trembler : to tremble
  8. Frissonner : to shudder

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6 French Nicknames Given to People Who are Easily Afraid

All these names for easily frighten people are a bit derogative of courseโ€ฆ

  1. Une poule mouillรฉe : a wimp
  2. Un trouillard : a chicken
  3. Un peureux : a fearful person
  4. Un pรฉtochard : a coward
  5. Un dรฉgonflรฉ : a wimp
  6. Un froussard : a wuss

11 French Fear Expressions

Letโ€™s see some French expressions to express fear in French.

  1. รŠtre mort de peur : to be scared to death
  2. Avoir la chair de poule : to have goosebumps
  3. Claquer des dents : to chatter your teeth
  4. Avoir la phobie de quelque chose : to have a phobia of something
  5. Avoir la pรฉtoche : to be scared stiff (colloquial)
  6. Avoir la trouille : to be in a blue funk (colloquial)
  7. Avoir la frousse : to be scared stiff (colloquial)
  8. ร€ vous glacer le sang : bloodcurdling
  9. Trembler comme une feuille : to shake like a leaf
  10. Avoir une peur bleue de : to be terrified of
  11. Avoir le trouillomรจtre ร  zรฉro : to be scared shitless (colloquial)

Moiโ€ฆ jโ€™ai la trouille des araignรฉesโ€ฆ Et vous ? De quoi avez-vous peur ? Dites-le moi dans les commentaires ci-dessous !
As for me, Iโ€™m scared of spidersโ€ฆ What about you? What are you scared of? Tell me in the comments below!

Author: Eliane

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