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Fear   /fɪr/   Listen
Fear

noun
1.
An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).  Synonyms: fearfulness, fright.  Antonym: fearlessness.
2.
An anxious feeling.  Synonyms: care, concern.  "They hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
3.
A feeling of profound respect for someone or something.  Synonyms: awe, reverence, veneration.  "The Chinese reverence for the dead" , "The French treat food with gentle reverence" , "His respect for the law bordered on veneration"
verb
(past & past part. feared; pres. part. fearing)
1.
Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event.
2.
Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of.  Synonym: dread.  "We should not fear the Communists!"
3.
Be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement.
4.
Be uneasy or apprehensive about.
5.
Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.  Synonyms: revere, reverence, venerate.  "We venerate genius"



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"Fear" Quotes from Famous Books



... cabin, the brave man betrayed the ingenuity of his preparations for his perilous Venture, and verified ed his confident statement to Renie, that she need have no fear, as in good time he would come ashore again to tell the tale of ...
— The Dock Rats of New York • "Old Sleuth"
... again, if she could do it, perhaps also she could talk of it without emotion. Once more there was fear in his eyes as he watched her, and her own ...
— The Bittermeads Mystery • E. R. Punshon
... station. But he was not. There were three or four of her girl friends with their arms full of flowers and one or two older boys who had finished college and were in business. They made much of her and she greeted them warmly for all the cold fear which had ...
— Play the Game! • Ruth Comfort Mitchell
... supreme interest of created and dependent beings, as it is easily proved, has been universally confessed; and since all rational agents are conscious of having neglected or violated the duties prescribed to them, the fear of being rejected, or punished by God, has always burdened the human mind. The expiation of crimes, and renovation of the forfeited hopes of divine favour, therefore constitute a large part ...
— The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, In Nine Volumes - Volume the Third: The Rambler, Vol. II • Samuel Johnson
... at a time when she would be sure of gathering round her an army strong enough to hold the country; as to him, Douglas, one was so used to his silent disappearances and to his unexpected returns, that there was no reason to fear that his ...
— CELEBRATED CRIMES, COMPLETE - MARY STUART--1587 • ALEXANDRE DUMAS, PERE


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