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fear
1. noun /fiə,fɪə,fɪr/
a) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.

b) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.<!not a self-referential definition: the word "fear" here is used in the previous sense

Not everybody has the same fears.

Syn: dread, terror, fright, phobia, scare, anxiety, apprehension, awe, reverence, veneration
2. verb /fiə,fɪə,fɪr/
a) To feel fear about (something).

‘Be God,’ sayde Sir Gawayne, ‘his grevys me but lytyll; yet shalt thou nat feare me for all thy grete wordis.

b) To venerate; to feel awe towards.

I fear the worst will happen.

Syn: afraid, frightened, scared, terrorise, terrorize, revere, venerate
3. adjective /fiə,fɪə,fɪr/
Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

hale and fear


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