fear
/fɪə/ · noun
Meaning
- A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
- Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
- To feel fear about (something or someone); to be afraid of; to consider or expect with alarm.
- To feel fear (about something).
- (used with for) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for.
- To venerate; to feel awe towards.
- To regret.
- To cause fear to; to frighten.
- Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.
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