funk
noun
cowering fear; state of great fright or terror.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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"Mac has funked it after all," I groaned, and went in to help Mrs. Macdonald to pare the potatoes.
From A Dominie in Doubt by Alexander Sutherland Neill