fear
Meaning of fear
noun
- 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
- 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.
- Languages in which fear is used:
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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:
Meaning concern:
Meaning reverence:
reverence, awe, veneration, revere, venerate
Meaning dread:
Meaning extreme fear:
Meaning an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust:
Meaning an anxious awareness of danger:
Meaning sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour:
Meaning a state of anxiety or nervous excitement:
Meaning a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen:
Meaning a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected:
Meaning concern and distress caused by something unexpected:
Meaning extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain:
Meaning a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome:
Meaning the state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems:
Meaning a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general:
Meaning anxiety or discontent:
Meaning a feeling of anxiety or discomfort:
Meaning anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen:
Meaning the quality or state of being nervous:
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:
Meaning lack of courage or confidence:
Meaning a feeling of worry or unease:
Meaning a state of uneasiness or anxiety:
Meaning the state or feeling of being disturbed or agitated; agitation:
Meaning a state of dissatisfaction, disturbance, and agitation, typically involving public demonstrations or disorder:
Meaning anxiety; mental uneasiness:
Meaning a feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension:
Meaning a feeling of doubt or apprehension about the outcome or consequences of something:
Meaning a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction:
Meaning a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true:
Meaning the quality or state of being nervous or anxious:
Meaning a state of great fear or panic:
Meaning archaic or humorous term for worry:
Meaning physical or mental restlessness or disturbance:
Meaning an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something:
Meaning a strong dislike or disinclination:
Meaning a deep-seated feeling of aversion:
Meaning a cause of obsessive fear, anxiety, or irritation:
Meaning a score of one stroke over par at a hole:
Meaning a frightening or unpleasant dream:
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:
Meaning a group or system of different things that are linked in a close or complicated way; a network:
Meaning mental illness marked by periods of great excitement or euphoria, delusions, and overactivity:
fear antonyms
Meaning the state or quality of being free from agitation or strong emotion:
Meaning the feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something:
Translation of fear
- German: fürchten, Angst, Furcht
- Italian: temere, paura
- Spanish: temer, asustarse, espantarse, amedrentarse, miedo, temor
- French: craindre, peur, appréhension, crainte, colique
- Portuguese: temer, medo
Anagrams of fear
Words that rhyme with fear
Fear, afear, affear, technofear, forfear, overfear
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