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fear
/fɪɚ/
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What does fear mean?
noun
- A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone in particular.
- Something one is afraid of; the object of one’s fear.
More meanings (12)
noun
- Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
- A feeling of dread and anxiety when waking after drinking a lot of alcohol, wondering what one did while drunk.
verb
- To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
- To feel fear.
- To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for [with for].
- To venerate; to feel awe towards.
- To regret.
- (obsolete) To cause fear to; to frighten.
- (obsolete) To be anxious or solicitous for.
- (obsolete) To suspect; to doubt.
adjective
- Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
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See this word in context.
“They’re putting down their names,” the Gryphon whispered in reply, “for fear they should forget them before the end of the trial.”
I was sometimes prompted to take my life, and that of Covey, but was prevented by a combination of hope and fear.
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We lit no lamp for fear of attracting the Martians, and ever and again our hands would touch upon bread or meat.
“I don’t think there is much fear of your dying of grief as long as you can talk, Anne,” said Marilla unsympathetically.
But he was known to Bibot, and there was no fear of his turning out to be a sly Englishman in disguise.