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fear

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noun

ˈfir How to pronounce fear (audio)
1
a
: an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger
b(1)
: an instance of this emotion
(2)
: a state marked by this emotion
2
: anxious concern : solicitude
3
: profound reverence and awe especially toward God
4
: reason for alarm : danger

fear

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verb

feared; fearing; fears

transitive verb

1
: to be afraid of : expect with alarm
fear the worst
2
: to have a reverential awe of
fear God
3
archaic : frighten
4
archaic : to feel fear in (oneself)

intransitive verb

: to be afraid or apprehensive
feared for their lives
feared to go out at night
fearer noun

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Choose the Right Synonym for fear

fear, dread, fright, alarm, panic, terror, trepidation mean painful agitation in the presence or anticipation of danger.

fear is the most general term and implies anxiety and usually loss of courage.

fear of the unknown

dread usually adds the idea of intense reluctance to face or meet a person or situation and suggests aversion as well as anxiety.

faced the meeting with dread

fright implies the shock of sudden, startling fear.

fright at being awakened suddenly

alarm suggests a sudden and intense awareness of immediate danger.

view the situation with alarm

panic implies unreasoning and overmastering fear causing hysterical activity.

the news caused widespread panic

terror implies the most extreme degree of fear.

immobilized with terror

trepidation adds to dread the implications of timidity, trembling, and hesitation.

raised the subject with trepidation

Example Sentences

Noun He was trembling with fear. unable to walk the streets without fear of being mugged They regarded their enemies with fear and hatred. I've been trying to overcome my fear of flying. The doctor's diagnosis confirmed our worst fears. The government is trying to allay fears of a recession. Employees expressed fears that the company would go out of business. He told us about all his hopes and fears. She has a morbid fear of cats. Verb He was a cruel king who was feared and hated by his subjects. There's no need to fear. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In her research on math anxiety, Ms. Tobias discovered that many college students had a similar fear of science. Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022 The Monitor agreed not to use the real names of Aida and Maryam for fear of reprisals from the Taliban against their family. Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2022 Maryann was so popular that Ms. Baranski shied away from tippling roles afterward, for fear of getting typecast. New York Times, 6 Sep. 2022 At the same time, the move deprives Moscow of its most potent economic leverage on the continent and could remove any remaining misgivings in European capitals about raising sanctions on Moscow for fear of retribution. Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 Doctors reported a sharp increase in the number of women avoiding prenatal care for fear of getting arrested, while the number of babies born in withdrawal from narcotics did not drop. Cary Aspinwall, al, 1 Sep. 2022 Victims rights advocates and others have argued that service members don’t trust the system and are often unwilling to go to their commanders with a complaint for fear of retribution. Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022 Victims rights advocates and others have argued that service members don’t trust the system and are often unwilling to go to their commanders with a complaint for fear of retribution. Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2022 And have no fear: That frosting design is made with a simple toothpick. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2022
Verb
What many investors fear is that, eventually, companies that have been able to weather rising costs by raising prices for their goods and services will be less able to do so as the Federal Reserve keeps tightening monetary policy. Akane Otani, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 The enemy is now at the heart of the realm: The story reads like an aftertaste of the invasion fear that Britons had endured in the intervening years. John Garth, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022 Still, expect the pass rush to be the element most opposing teams fear. New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022 Dozens of beachgoers swarmed the Bay Area coast Saturday afternoon as temperatures started rising, the onset of what state officials fear will be a dangerous heat wave. Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2022 Anyone can request an inspection from the county, but many tenants fear retribution from their landlords, said Jessica Guinn, Cobb’s community development director. Taylor Croft, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022 The looming potential of blackouts comes when officials fear demand for electricity will exceed the state's ability to supply it, California Governor Newsom said in a press conference Wednesday. Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 Focusing on what will happen once the storm has passed will give you the strength to overcome moments of doubt and fear. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 1 Sep. 2022 Seven children are hunted by an evil spirit, which appears as what its victims fear the most. Milan Polk, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English fer, going back to Old English fǣr, fēr "unexpected danger, peril," going back to Germanic *fēra- or *fēran- (whence also Old Saxon fār "lurking danger," Old High German fāra "ambush, danger," Old Norse fár "evil, mischief, plague"), perhaps going back to a lengthened-grade nominal derivative of a proposed Indo-European verbal base *per- "test, risk" — more at peril entry 1

Note: Attested in Gothic only in the presumed derivative ferja, translating Greek enkáthetos "one put in secretly, spy." Though the etymology proposed above is conventional in dictionaries, the original meaning of the Germanic etymon and its relation to a putative Indo-European *per- are uncertain. See note at peril entry 1. The meaning of the Middle and Modern English noun appears to be derivative of the verb (see fear entry 2) rather than a development of the Old English meaning.

Verb

Middle English feren "to frighten, be afraid of," going back to Old English fǣran, fēran "to take by surprise, frighten," weak verb derivative (as also Old Saxon fāron "to lurk in wait for, frighten," Old High German fārēn "to lurk in wait for, strive, devise ill against," Old Norse færa "to slight, taunt") of Germanic *fēra- or *fēran- — more at fear entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3

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The first known use of fear was before the 12th century

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