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NOUN | 1 | fear, fearfulness, fright | An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
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2 | fear, concern, care | An anxious feeling | |
3 | fear, reverence, awe, veneration | A profound emotion inspired by a deity | |
VERB | 1 | fear | Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event |
2 | fear, dread | Be afraid or scared of | |
3 | fear | Be sorry | |
4 | fear | Be uneasy or apprehensive about | |
5 | fear, reverence, revere, venerate | Regard with feelings of respect and reverence |
Sounds | fih'r |
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Rhymes | acyclovir, adhere, amir, and 91 more rhymes in ihr at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). |
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Synonyms | fearfulness, fright |
Attributes | afraid; unafraid, fearless |
Parts | cold sweat |
Narrower | alarm, dismay, consternation; creeps; frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle; horror; hysteria; panic, terror; scare, panic attack; stage fright; apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread; timidity, timidness, timorousness; intimidation |
Broader | emotion |
Contrary | fearlessness, bravery |
Verbs | fear |
Meaning | An anxious feeling. |
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Examples | "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" |
Synonyms | concern, care |
Broader | anxiety |
Verbs | fear; fear |
Meaning | A profound emotion inspired by a deity. |
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Examples | "the fear of God" |
Synonyms | reverence, awe, veneration |
Broader | emotion |
Verbs | fear |
Meaning | Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Model | They fear that there was a traffic accident |
Examples | "I fear she might get aggressive" |
Broader | worry |
Nouns | fear |
Meaning | Be afraid or scared of. Be frightened of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
Model | Sam cannot fear Sue |
Examples | "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" |
Synonyms | dread |
Caused by | frighten, fright, scare, affright |
Entailed by | apprehend, quail at |
Narrower | panic |
Nouns | fear |
Meaning | Be sorry. Used to introduce an unpleasant statement. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Examples | "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party" |
Broader | regret |
Meaning | Be uneasy or apprehensive about. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "I fear the results of the final exams" |
Nouns | fear |
Meaning | Regard with feelings of respect and reverence. Consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "Fear God as your father" |
Synonyms | reverence, revere, venerate |
Narrower | enshrine, saint; worship |
Broader | respect, esteem, value, prize, prise |
Nouns | fear |