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fear
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- pronunciation:
- fir
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
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noun |
| definition: |
a strong feeling you get when you expect danger or pain.
Her fear of fire is based on a bad experience.
- synonyms:
- terror
- similar words:
- alarm, anxiety, horror, panic, tension
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
fears, fearing, feared |
| definition: |
to be frightened of.
I fear high places. |
Fear comes from fere, an Old English word. Its earliest meaning, in the 700s, was "danger or peril." It was not used for the feeling of fear until the 1300s.
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broader categories that include fear |
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behavior, emotion, feeling |
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conventionally associated with fear |
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Halloween, monster |
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feeling fear |
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afraid, anxious, nervous |
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similar to fear |
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anxiety |
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some actions related to fear |
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faint, hide, scream, shiver, sweat, whine, yell |
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some people associated with fear |
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coward |
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some states of fear |
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horror, panic, shock, terror |
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some things that cause fear |
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change, death, loss, pain |
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without fear |
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bold, calm, confident, secure |
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