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Definitions of fear
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be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement; " I fear I won't make it to your wedding party"
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To be in dread; feel anxiety.
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Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
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To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
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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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Alarm; apprehension of evil; reverential awe.
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To regard with apprehension; dread.
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a profound emotion inspired by a deity; " the fear of God"
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To be apprehensive or afraid of; be fearful or afraid; venerate; revere.
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be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event; " I fear she might get aggressive"
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An emotion excited by threatening or apprehended evil; alarm; dread; terror.
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be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; " I fear the winters in Moscow"; " We should not fear the Communists!"
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To be anxious or solicitous for.
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an anxious feeling; " care had aged him"; " they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
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Apprehension, dread, alarm.
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To suspect; to doubt.
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Reverence; awe.
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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.
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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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A cause of fear.
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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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To regard or expect with fear; dread; be afraid.
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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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an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger ( usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
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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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be uneasy or apprehensive about; " I fear the results of the final exams"
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To feel an uneasy emotion of impending danger; to be anxious; to reverence.
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To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.
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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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Apprehension or slight dread of evil; an uneasy or painful emotion excited by impending danger; reverence; due regard.
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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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To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
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A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.
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The affective response to an actual current external danger which subsides with the elimination of the threatening condition.
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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 be apprehensive of evil; to be afraid; to doubt.
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Expectation of evil or danger; dread; anxiety; solicitude; reverence.
Antonyms for fear
content, repose, heroism, odium, guts, boldness, foresight, presentiment, Sereneness, ease, comfort, quiet, courage, expectancy, foretaste, consolation, assurance, calm, discredit, anticipation, dishonor, easiness, forecast, placidity, solace, ignominy, nerve, heartsease, peace, security, expectation, Tranquilness, daring, opprobrium, anticipate, fearlessness, hope, prowess, disrepute, confidence, relief, self-assurance, placidness, stoutness, quietude, aplomb, disesteem, forethought, apprehend, contentment, intrepidity, valor, audacity, Doughtiness, foreboding, peacefulness, resolution, gallantry, endurance, infamy, hardihood, disgrace, fortitude, unconcern, shame, intrepidness, self-confidence, tranquillity, dauntlessness, courageousness, reproach, calmness, serenity, prevision, bravery, obloquy.
Quotes of fear
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When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good.
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Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure.
– Gary Ryan Blair -
Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission.
– James Bovard -
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
– Christian Nestell Bovee -
So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have- we've overcome that level of racial fear
– Jesse Jackson -
It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear
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Do not fear lest you should meditate too much upon Him and speak of Him in an unworthy way, providing you are led by faith. Do not fear lest you should entertain false opinions of Him so long as they are in conformity with the notion of the infinitely perfect Being.
– Nicolas Malebranche -
My greatest fear is the Iranians acquire a nuclear weapon and give it to a terrorist organization. And there is a real threat of them doing that.
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The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.
– Liza Minnelli -
There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively- I am one with the people.
– Huey Newton -
You can't underestimate the power of fear
– Tricia Nixon -
Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your art, you're bankrupt.
– Alex North -
In South Texas, we understand how vital port security is and we fear the day a weapon of mass destruction could be brought into a U. S. port in a container and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties.
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Fear created the first gods in the world.
– Caecilius Statius -
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
– Benjamin Whichcote
Usage examples for fear
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“ " I fear you need more than that. ”
– Blindfolded by Earle Ashley Walcott -
“ And yet it was not fear ”
– Baree, Son of Kazan by James Oliver Curwood -
“ What did he fear ”
– Ulysses by James Joyce -
“ But I do not fear ”
– Thomas Wingfold, Curate by George MacDonald -
“ Yes, Mr. Judson, but you have nothing to fear from me. ”
– The Secret Pact by Mildred A. Wirt -
“ I do not fear them. ”
– The Maid of Maiden Lane by Amelia E. Barr -
“ I fear it will come. ”
– The Red Cockade by Stanley J. Weyman -
“ You do wrong not to fear him." ”
– The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath -
“ She's the one to fear then. ”
– The Millionaire Baby by Anna Katharine Green -
“ But there was no fear in him. ”
– Black Jack by Max Brand -
“ It will be bad for him, I fear ”
– The Lifeboat by R.M. Ballantyne -
“ We need have no fear with her. ”
– The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Vol. 2 by Emile Zola -
“ Agatha faced him, but fear was in her eyes. ”
– The Flaw in the Crystal by May Sinclair -
“ So he will care for the child, never fear ”
– A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda Minnie Douglas -
“ Ah, never fear I'll do as well as Jack. ”
– The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman -
“ Besides, it is not true, that I fear nothing and care for nothing. ”
– Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner -
“ I fear that many would be very far from glad if they thought it would come to- morrow. ”
– Rome, Turkey and Jerusalem by Edward Hoare -
“ I could again look people in the face without fear ”
– Bye-Ways by Robert Smythe Hichens -
“ Could it be fear ”
– Jezebel's Daughter by Wilkie Collins -
“ Sma' fear o' that! ”
– Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
Rhymes for fear
- beer, bere, blear, cheer, clear, cleere, cyr, dear, deer, deere, ear, fier, fleer, frere, gear, geer, gere, gier, greer, hear, here, jeer, kear, kier, lear, leer, mear, meir, mere, mir, near, neer, nir, peer, pier, rear, sear, sere, shear, sheer, shere, smear, sneer, spear, speer, speir, sphere, stear, steer, tear, teer, veer, vere, we're, wier, year;
- adhere, amir, appear, austere, career, cashier, dornier, emir, frontier, inhere, lanier, lazear, premier, premiere, rainier, rehear, revere, sameer, samir, severe, shamir, sincere, unclear, veneer, vizier, wazir, yasir, zahir, zaire;
- auctioneer, bandolier, belvedere, bombardier, brigadier, cavalier, chandelier, charpentier, chevalier, commandeer, disappear, domineer, engineer, financier, gondolier, insincere, interfere, mutineer, overhear, pamphleteer, persevere, pioneer, profiteer, racketeer, reappear, rensselaer, souvenir, volunteer;
- conventioneer, electioneer, reengineer;