fear

Meaning of fear

noun
  1. an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.
    I cowered in fear as bullets whizzed past
    fear of unemployment is paralysing the economy
    he is prey to irrational fears
verb
  1. be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or harmful.
    I hated him but didn't fear him any more
    farmers fear that they will lose business

Old English fǣr ‘calamity, danger’, fǣran ‘frighten’, also ‘revere’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gevaar and German Gefahr ‘danger’.

Information about fear

  • The plural form of fear is: fears.
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Hyphenation of fear

fear

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • fear is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

fear synonyms

Meaning fearfulness:

fearfulness, fright

Meaning concern:

concern, care

Meaning reverence:

reverence, awe, veneration, revere, venerate

Meaning dread:

dread

Meaning extreme fear:

terror

Meaning an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust:

horror

Meaning an anxious awareness of danger:

alarm

Meaning sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour:

panic

Meaning a state of anxiety or nervous excitement:

agitation

Meaning a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen:

trepidation

Meaning a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected:

consternation

Meaning concern and distress caused by something unexpected:

dismay

Meaning extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain:

distress

Meaning a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome:

anxiety

Meaning the state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems:

worry

Meaning a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general:

angst

Meaning anxiety or discontent:

unease

Meaning a feeling of anxiety or discomfort:

uneasiness

Meaning anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen:

apprehension

Meaning the quality or state of being nervous:

nervousness

Meaning a whitish fibre or bundle of fibres in the body that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs:

nerves

Meaning lack of courage or confidence:

timidity

Meaning a feeling of worry or unease:

disquiet

Meaning a state of uneasiness or anxiety:

disquietude

Meaning the state or feeling of being disturbed or agitated; agitation:

discomposure

Meaning a state of dissatisfaction, disturbance, and agitation, typically involving public demonstrations or disorder:

unrest

Meaning anxiety; mental uneasiness:

perturbation

Meaning a feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension:

foreboding

Meaning a feeling of doubt or apprehension about the outcome or consequences of something:

misgiving

Meaning a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction:

doubt

Meaning a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true:

suspicion

Meaning the quality or state of being nervous or anxious:

twitchiness

Meaning a state of great fear or panic:

funk

Meaning archaic or humorous term for worry:

worriment

Meaning physical or mental restlessness or disturbance:

inquietude

Meaning an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something:

phobia

Meaning a strong dislike or disinclination:

aversion

Meaning a deep-seated feeling of aversion:

antipathy

Meaning a cause of obsessive fear, anxiety, or irritation:

bugbear

Meaning a score of one stroke over par at a hole:

bogey

Meaning a frightening or unpleasant dream:

nightmare

Meaning a relatively mild mental illness that is not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reali:

neurosis

Meaning a group or system of different things that are linked in a close or complicated way; a network:

complex

Meaning mental illness marked by periods of great excitement or euphoria, delusions, and overactivity:

mania

fear antonyms

Meaning the state or quality of being free from agitation or strong emotion:

calmness

Meaning the feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something:

confidence

Translation of fear

Anagrams of fear

afer, fare, frae, Rafe

Words that rhyme with fear

Fear, afear, affear, technofear, forfear, overfear

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