Fearfulness

Dimension 729 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index

0.0529

Fearfulness measures the tendency for an expression to convey fear, fright, anxiety, or apprehensive emotional arousal. It encompasses both immediate feelings of being scared and broader fearful anticipation about situations or the future.

evidence final name · Fear Fearful

Bands

Absent Fearfulness

Expressions activating this band do not reliably convey fear-related experience and are dominated by unrelated content, mixed topics, or isolated mentions that do not establish a clear fearful state.

Mild Fearfulness

Expressions activating this band convey a general negative emotional state in which fear or anxiety is present but lightly stated, brief, or blended with other feelings such as nervousness, anger, or joy.

Moderate Fearfulness

Expressions activating this band convey recognizable fear, worry, or apprehension directed toward situations or actions, such as going out alone or recalling a threatening encounter.

High Fearfulness

Expressions activating this band convey a clear and direct state of being afraid, frightened, or scared, with fear named explicitly as the central feeling.

Severe Fearfulness

Expressions activating this band convey pronounced and salient fearfulness, including persistent fearful feeling or fear projected onto one's future and ongoing circumstances.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Fear Fearful1.00

Felt0.50

Feel0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-8..B-3387,533

B-2..B44,592,903

B5807

B6..B12558

B13..B2642

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness26

03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal31

05__whole_disney_dataset__rating46

06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment55

07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel54

08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context67

10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary92

11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief73

Anchor definitions

Minimal Fear Fearful

Minimal Fear Fearful: Content characterized by bail, bond, notary, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect fear fearful at this level.

Emerging Fear Fearful

Emerging Fear Fearful: Content characterized by fearful, fear, feel, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect fear fearful at this level.

Elevated Fear Fearful

Elevated Fear Fearful: Content characterized by frederick, fears, fear, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect fear fearful at this level.

Severe Fear Fearful

Severe Fear Fearful: Content characterized by fearful, fear, freya, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect fear fearful at this level.