Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Fear   /fɪr/   Listen
Fear

noun
1.
An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).  Synonyms: fearfulness, fright.  Antonym: fearlessness.
2.
An anxious feeling.  Synonyms: care, concern.  "They hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
3.
A feeling of profound respect for someone or something.  Synonyms: awe, reverence, veneration.  "The Chinese reverence for the dead" , "The French treat food with gentle reverence" , "His respect for the law bordered on veneration"
verb
(past & past part. feared; pres. part. fearing)
1.
Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event.
2.
Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of.  Synonym: dread.  "We should not fear the Communists!"
3.
Be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement.
4.
Be uneasy or apprehensive about.
5.
Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.  Synonyms: revere, reverence, venerate.  "We venerate genius"



Related searches:
Cape Fear
Cape Fear River
fearless


WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Fear" Quotes from Famous Books



... had said something very near the truth when he had told Philip that Mrs. Halliday would be afraid to refuse him. The fair-haired, fair-faced little woman did in some manner fear the first lover of her girlhood. She had become his wife, and so far all things had gone well with her; but if misery and despair had been the necessary consequences of her union with him, she must have married him all the same, so dominant was the influence by ...
— Birds of Prey • M. E. Braddon
... came, including the announcement that colored men of suitable condition would be received into the war service. The policy of emancipation and of employing black soldiers gave to the future a new aspect, about which hope and fear and doubt contended in uncertain conflict. According to our political system, as a matter of civil administration, the General Government had no lawful power to effect emancipation in any State, and for a long time it had been hoped that the rebellion could ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Lincoln - Section 1 (of 2) of Volume 6: Abraham Lincoln • Compiled by James D. Richardson
... woman. "Look up quickly, and see these strange things in the sky! it is some fearful sign from the gods, I fear." ...
— Five Mice in a Mouse-trap - by the Man in the Moon. • Laura E. Richards
... thinks best, and God help thee," he said, kindly. "Mayst thee never find thy desire a curse. Fear not, lad—I ...
— John Halifax, Gentleman • Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
... hunter had rescued the dwarf from his prison, the little man said to him: "Go ten leagues to the north till you arrive at a gigantic pine; then turn to the east, and go ten leagues more till you come to a black castle. Enter the castle without fear, and you will discover a round room in which stands a round ebony table laden with gold and jewels. Help yourself to the treasure, and return home at once. And do not—now mark me well—go up into the turret of ...
— The Firelight Fairy Book • Henry Beston


More quotes...


Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org