FEAR
\fˈi͡ə], \fˈiə], \f_ˈiə]\
Definitions of FEAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
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be uneasy or apprehensive about; "I fear the results of the final exams"
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be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement; "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party"
By Princeton University
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regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
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be uneasy or apprehensive about; "I fear the results of the final exams"
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be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement; "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.
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A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
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Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng.
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Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
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That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
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To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
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To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
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To be anxious or solicitous for.
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To suspect; to doubt.
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To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.
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To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
By Oddity Software
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A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.
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A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
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Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng.
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Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
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That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
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To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
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To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
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To be anxious or solicitous for.
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To suspect; to doubt.
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To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.
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To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
By Noah Webster.
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The affective response to an actual current external danger which subsides with the elimination of the threatening condition.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Expectation of evil or danger; dread; anxiety; solicitude; reverence.
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To regard with apprehension; dread.
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To be in dread; feel anxiety.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A painful emotion, excited by danger; apprehension of danger or pain; alarm; the object of fear; (B.) deep reverence; piety towards God.
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To regard with fear; to expect with alarm; (B.) to stand in awe of; to venerate; (obs.) to terrify; to make afraid.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To be apprehensive or afraid of; be fearful or afraid; venerate; revere.
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An emotion excited by threatening or apprehended evil; alarm; dread; terror.
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A cause of fear.
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Reverence; awe.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A painful emotion excited by the apprehension of evil or impending danger; anxiety; the cause or object of fear; dread; awe; reverence; respect.
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To regard with fear; to anticipate with fear; to have a reverential awe of; to suspect; to terrify; to drive away by fear.
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To be apprehensive of evil; to be afraid; to doubt.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Apprehension or slight dread of evil; an uneasy or painful emotion excited by impending danger; reverence; due regard.
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To feel an uneasy emotion of impending danger; to be anxious; to reverence.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A painful emotion excited by an expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread; terror;—holy awe and reverence of God;—the worship of God;—the law and word of God;—proper respect; due regard;—the cause or ground of alarm;—the object of apprehension or dread.
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Dread, horrour, apprehension of danger; awe, dejection of mind; anxiety, solicitude; that which causes fear; something hung up to scare deer.
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To dread, to consider with apprehensions of terror; to fright, to terrify, to make afraid.
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To live in horrour, to be afraid; to be anxious.
By Thomas Sheridan
