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What (who) is Fear - definition
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![A prisoner at [[Abu Graib]] shows fear of a US army dog during prisoner abuse.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abu Ghraib 56.jpg?width=200 "A prisoner at [[Abu Graib]] shows fear of a US army dog during prisoner abuse.")
![A still from the film ''[[Carnival of Souls]]''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/COS 09.JPG?width=200 "A still from the film ''[[Carnival of Souls]]''.")
![Painting by [[Guido Reni]] c. 1611](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guido Reni - Massacre of the Innocents detail3 - Pinacoteca Nazionale Bologna.jpg?width=200 "Painting by [[Guido Reni]] c. 1611")
!["The Man Made Mad with Fear", a painting by [[Gustave Courbet]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Man Made Mad with Fear by Gustave Courbet.jpg?width=200 "\"The Man Made Mad with Fear\", a painting by [[Gustave Courbet]].")
EMOTION INDUCED BY PERCEIVED DANGER OR THREAT
Fears; Fearful; Frightfulness; Scare; Terrour; Fear (from a Moral Standpoint); Fear (in Canon Law); Phear; Frightful; Scaring; Afeard; Fear of the unknown; Apprehension (fear); Fear reaction; Feared; Fearfulness; Afeared; Afear; Afears; Afearing; Scares; Terror (emotion); Causes of fear; Dread (fear); Fright (fear); 😨; Frightened; Scared; Irrational fear (unknown); Manipulation of fear; Religion and fear
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n.
1) to arouse, inspire, instill, kindle fear
2) to express; feel; show fear (she felt fear for their safety)
3) to confirm one's fears
4) to allay, dispel; overcome fear
5) grave, mortal, strong; groundless; idle; inarticulate; lingering; sudden fear
6) fear that + clause (there are fears that no compromise can be worked out)
7) for fear of (he lied for fear of being punished)
8) in fear of (he is in fear of his life)
9) out of fear (he did it out of fear)
10) (misc.) to strike fear into smb.'s heart
II
v.
1) to fear greatly, very much
2) (d; intr.) to fear for (I fear for his safety)
3) (E) I fear to think what may happen
4) (K) he fears my getting involved
5) (L) we fear that we will not be able to attend
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EMOTION INDUCED BY PERCEIVED DANGER OR THREAT
Fears; Fearful; Frightfulness; Scare; Terrour; Fear (from a Moral Standpoint); Fear (in Canon Law); Phear; Frightful; Scaring; Afeard; Fear of the unknown; Apprehension (fear); Fear reaction; Feared; Fearfulness; Afeared; Afear; Afears; Afearing; Scares; Terror (emotion); Causes of fear; Dread (fear); Fright (fear); 😨; Frightened; Scared; Irrational fear (unknown); Manipulation of fear; Religion and fear
·noun To be anxious or solicitous for.
II. Fear ·noun A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.
III. Fear ·noun Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
V. Fear ·noun To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
VI. Fear ·vi To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
VII. Fear ·noun To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
IX. Fear ·noun That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
X. Fear ·noun Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng.
XI. Fear ·noun A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
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EMOTION INDUCED BY PERCEIVED DANGER OR THREAT
Fears; Fearful; Frightfulness; Scare; Terrour; Fear (from a Moral Standpoint); Fear (in Canon Law); Phear; Frightful; Scaring; Afeard; Fear of the unknown; Apprehension (fear); Fear reaction; Feared; Fearfulness; Afeared; Afear; Afears; Afearing; Scares; Terror (emotion); Causes of fear; Dread (fear); Fright (fear); 😨; Frightened; Scared; Irrational fear (unknown); Manipulation of fear; Religion and fear
(fears, fearing, feared)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Fear is the unpleasant feeling you have when you think that you are in danger.
I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear.
...boyhood memories of sickness and fear of the dark...
N-VAR: oft N of n/-ing
2.
If you fear someone or something, you are frightened because you think that they will harm you.
Many people fear change because they do not like the old ways to be disrupted.
VERB: V n
3.
A fear is a thought that something unpleasant might happen or might have happened.
These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure...
Then one day his worst fears were confirmed...
N-VAR: with supp, oft N of n/-ing, N that
4.
If you fear something unpleasant or undesirable, you are worried that it might happen or might have happened.
She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis...
More than two million refugees have fled the area, fearing attack by loyalist forces.
VERB: V that, V n
5.
If you say that there is a fear that something unpleasant or undesirable will happen, you mean that you think it is possible or likely.
There is a fear that the freeze on bank accounts could prove a lasting deterrent to investors.
N-VAR: oft N that, N of n/-ing
6.
If you fear for someone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
Carla fears for her son...
He fled on Friday, saying he feared for his life.
VERB: V for n, V for n
7.
If you have fears for someone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture.
N-VAR: N for n
8.
You say that you fear that a situation is the case when the situation is unpleasant or undesirable, and when you want to express sympathy, sorrow, or regret about it. (FORMAL)
I fear that a land war now looks very probable...
'Is anything left at all?'-'I fear not.'
= regret
VERB: V that, V so/not
9.
If you are in fear of doing or experiencing something unpleasant or undesirable, you are very worried that you might have to do it or experience it.
The elderly live in fear of assault and murder.
PHRASE: PHR n/-ing, usu v-link PHR, PHR after v
10.
If you take a particular course of action for fear of something, you take the action in order to prevent that thing happening.
She was afraid to say anything to them for fear of hurting their feelings...
PHRASE: PHR n/-ing, PHR with cl
11.
You use 'no fear' to emphasize that you do not want to do something. (BRIT INFORMAL)
When I asked him if he wanted to change his mind, William said 'No fear.'
CONVENTION [emphasis]
Wikipedia
Fear (disambiguation)
Fear is an emotion that arises from the perception of danger.
Fear or The Fear may also refer to:
Examples of use of Fear
1. Fear was everywhere – fear of anthrax, fear of nuclear terrorism, fear of flying, fear of the future.
2. There is fear in the eyes of people: fear of the unknown, fear of the unseen and above all else fear of the unpredictable.
3. "Innocent people have nothing to fear, except to fear Allah.
4. "Women fear sexual violence ... men fear being killed," Arbour said.
5. Most of them began in fear – a fear of annihilation.