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fear
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[ noun ] an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Synonyms Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)After this holocaust , a changing world occupied the minds of men ; a world beset with new boundaries , new treaties and governments , new goals and methods , and the age-old fears of aggression and subjugation - hunger and exposure . (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Not through fear of disobeying orders , as Eichmann kept trying to explain , but through a peculiar giddiness that began in a half acceptance of the vicious absurdities contained in the Nazi interpretation of history and grew with each of Hitler 's victories into a permanent light_mindedness and sense of magical rightness that was able to respond to any proposal , and the more outrageous the better , `` Well , let 's try it '' . (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)The first rattle of the machine_guns , at 7 : 10 in the evening , roused around me the varied voices and faces of fear . Throughout the land their hit-and-run terrorists spread fear of ambush and death . (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)The socialism implicit_in the slogan of the Roosevelt Revolution , freedom from want and fear , seems a far cry from the individualism of the First_Amendment to the Constitution , or of the Jacksonian frontier . |
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[ verb ] be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
Examples "I fear she might get aggressive" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Many local citizens feared that there would be irregularities at the polls , and Williams got himself a permit to carry a gun and promised an orderly election . (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)We are not now afraid of atomic_bombs in the same way that people once feared comets . Small wonder , then , that we fear . (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)`` I fear explanations explanatory of things explained '' , he said , leaving the biter bit - and bitter . |
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[ verb ] be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
Synonyms Examples "I fear the winters in Moscow" "We should not fear the Communists!" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)His religious_beliefs provide him with plausible explanations for many conditions which cause him great concern , and his religious faith makes possible fortitude , equanimity , and consolation , enabling him to endure colossal misfortune , fear , frustration , uncertainty , suffering , evil , and danger . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)For he feared the Lake_of_Fire . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` The political and intellectual Left began fighting humor and comedy years ago , because they fear things they do not understand and cannot manage , such_as satire and irony , such_as humor and comedy . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an anxious feeling
Examples "care had aged him" "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" Used in print (Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)Where the industry 's product price has been kept below the `` profit_maximizing '' and `` entry limiting '' prices due_to fears of public reaction , the profit seeking producers have an interest in offering little real resistance to wage demands . The threat of effective anti-trust action , provoked by `` gouging the public '' through price increases not justified by cost increases , and fears of endangering relations with customers , Congress , the general public and the press , all operate to keep price increases in some relation to cost increases . (Harry Olesker, Impact....)She had skipped her lunch hour in the fear that he might call while she was out . |
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[ verb ] be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement
Examples : "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party" Used in print (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)`` More arrests , I fear '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (religion) a profound emotion inspired by a deity
Synonyms Examples "the fear of God" |
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[ verb ] be uneasy or apprehensive about
Examples "I fear the results of the final exams" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 25619
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