恐惧感 (kǒngjùgǎn): sense of fear

Measure Word

一种恐惧感 zhǒng

Meanings

1 sense of fear
2 feeling of dread
3 fearfulness

Characters

Examples

他走进黑暗的房间，一种强烈的恐惧感涌上心头。

Tā zǒujìn hēiàn de fángjiān, yī zhǒng qiángliè de kǒngjùgǎn yǒng shàng xīntóu.

As he walked into the dark room, an intense feeling of dread surged in his heart.

她对蜘蛛有一种本能的恐惧感。

Tā duì zhīzhū yǒu yī zhǒng běnnéng de kǒngjùgǎn.

She has an instinctive sense of fear toward spiders.

心理治疗帮助他克服了恐惧感。

Xīnlǐ zhìliáo bāngzhù tā kèfú le kǒngjùgǎn.

Psychotherapy helped him overcome his fearfulness.

Tips

usage

恐惧感 emphasizes the subjective emotional feeling of fear. The simpler 恐惧 refers to fear itself (as a state), while 恐惧感 stresses the felt sensation.

Stroke Order

恐 kǒng

惧 jù

感 gǎn

Related Words

恐惧 kǒngjù HSK 7 #1,641

fear; dread / terror

恐惧症 kǒngjùzhèng #9,180

phobia / morbid fear

感 gǎn #977

sense of; feeling of (suffix) / -ness (forms abstract feeling nouns)

恐 kǒng #5,145

afraid; to fear / perhaps; I'm afraid that

安全感 ānquángǎn #5,499

sense of security / feeling of safety

恐怕 kǒngpà HSK 3 #1,287

I'm afraid that...; I fear that... / perhaps; probably (with worry)

感觉 gǎnjué HSK 2 #194

feeling / to feel / sense

畏惧 wèijù HSK 7 #8,412

to fear / to dread / to be in awe of

负罪感 fùzuìgǎn #8,702

sense of guilt; guilt / feeling of culpability

惧怕 jùpà #9,130

to fear / to dread / to be afraid of