fear

fear
[[t]fɪər[/t]]
n.
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:
a fear of heights[/ex]
3) concern; solicitude:
a fear for someone's safety[/ex]
4) reverential awe
5) something that causes fright or apprehension
6) to regard with fear:
to fear flying[/ex]
7) to be worried or afraid
8) to have reverential awe of
9) archaic to experience fear in (oneself)
10) to be afraid
Etymology: bef. 900; ME fere, OE fær sudden attack or danger

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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