noun A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.
noun A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone in particular.
Not everybody has the same fears.
noun Something one is afraid of; the object of one’s fear.
Spiders are my greatest fear.
noun Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
noun A feeling of dread and anxiety when waking after drinking a lot of alcohol, wondering what one did while drunk.
verb To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
I fear the worst will happen.
verb To feel fear.
Never fear; help is always near.
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