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English to English noun
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an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |  | source: wordnet30
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an anxious feeling | | Example: care had aged him
they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
source: wordnet30
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a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | | Example: the fear of God
the Chinese reverence for the dead
the French treat food with gentle reverence
his respect for the law bordered on veneration
source: wordnet30
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A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion. | | source: webster1913
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A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread. | | source: webster1913 verb
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be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event | | Example: I fear she might get aggressive
source: wordnet30
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be afraid or scared of; be frightened of | | Example: I fear the winters in Moscow
We should not fear the Communists!
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be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement | | Example: I fear I won't make it to your wedding party
source: wordnet30
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be uneasy or apprehensive about | | Example: I fear the results of the final exams
source: wordnet30
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regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | | Example: Fear God as your father
We venerate genius
source: wordnet30
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To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude. | | source: webster1913
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To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil. | | source: webster1913
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