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Definitions for Fear

[1] a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.
[2] a specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling: an abnormal fear of heights.
[3] concern or anxiety; solicitude: a fear for someone's safety.
[4] reverential awe, especially toward God: the fear of God.
[5] something that causes feelings of dread or apprehension; something a person is afraid of: Cancer is a common fear.
[6] anticipation of the possibility that something unpleasant will occur: Having grown up during the Great Depression, he had a constant fear of running out of money.
[7] to regard with fear; be afraid of.
[8] to have reverential awe of.
[9] to consider or anticipate (something unpleasant) with a feeling of dread or alarm: It's about to snow again, I fear.
[10] Archaic . to experience fear in (oneself): I fear me he will ne'er forgive us.
[11] to have fear; be afraid: I'll go with you, so do not fear!
[12] to feel apprehensive or uneasy (usually followed by for ): In this time of economic instability, I fear for my children's future.
[13] for fear of /that , in order to prevent or avoid the risk of: She is afraid to say anything for fear of the consequences.
[14] put the fear of God in /into , to cause to be greatly afraid.
[15] a river in SE North Carolina. 202 miles (325 km) long.
[16] Cape, a cape at its mouth.
[17] a feeling of distress, apprehension, or alarm caused by impending danger, pain, etc
[18] a cause of this feeling
[19] awe; reverence fear of God
[20] concern; anxiety
[21] possibility; chance there is no fear of that happening
[22] for fear of , for fear that or for fear lest to forestall or avoid
[23] no fear certainly not
[24] put the fear of God into to frighten
[25] to be afraid (to do something) or of (a person or thing); dread
[26] (tr) to revere; respect
[27] (tr; takes a clause as object) to be sorry: used to lessen the effect of an unpleasant statement I fear that you have not won
[28] (intr foll by for ) to feel anxiety about something
[29] an archaic word for frighten

Words related to Fear

dismay, anxiety, angst, horror, unease, jitters, doubt, suspicion, dread, despair, terror, uneasiness, panic, scare, worry, concern, foresee, avoid, suspect, shun

Words nearby Fear

fdr, fe, fe., feal, fealty, fear, feared, fearful, fearfully, fearless, fearnought

Origin of Fear

before 900; Middle English fere, Old English fær sudden attack or danger; cognate with Old Saxon fār ambush, Dutch gevaar, German Gefahr danger, Old Norse fār disaster

Other words from Fear

self-fear·ing , adjective
un·fear·ing , adjective

Word origin for Fear

Old English fǣr ; related to Old High German fāra , Old Norse fār hostility, Latin perīculum danger

Synonyms for Fear

angst, anxiety, concern, despair, dismay, doubt, dread, horror, jitters, panic, scare, suspicion, terror, unease, uneasiness, worry, abhorrence, agitation, aversion, awe, consternation, cowardice, creeps, discomposure, disquietude, distress, faintheartedness, foreboding, fright, funk, misgiving, nightmare, phobia, presentiment, qualm, reverence, revulsion, timidity, trembling, tremor, trepidation, bête noire, chickenheartedness, cold feet, cold sweat, recreancy