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Definition fear

Etymology 1

From Middle English feer, fere, fer, from Old English f?r, ?ef?r (“calamity, sudden danger, peril, sudden attack, terrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *f?r?, *f?r? (“danger”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to attempt, try, research, risk”). Cognate with Dutch gevaar (“danger, risk, peril”), German Gefahr (“danger, risk, hazard”), Swedish fara (“danger, risk, peril”), Latin per?culum (“danger, risk, trial”), Albanian frikë (“fear,danger”), Romanian fric?

The verb is from Middle English feren, from Old English f?ran (“to frighten, raven”), from the noun. Cognate with the archaic Dutch verb varen (“to fear; to cause fear”).

Noun

fear (countable and uncountable, plural fears)

  1. (uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
  2. (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
  3. (uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
Verb

fear (third-person singular simple present fears, present participle fearing, simple past and past participle feared)

  1. (transitive) To feel fear about (something or someone); to be afraid of; to consider or expect with alarm.
  2. (intransitive) To feel fear (about something).
  3. (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
  4. (transitive) Regret.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To be anxious or solicitous for.
  7. (obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fere, feore, from Old English f?re (“able to go, fit for service”), from Proto-Germanic *f?riz (“passable”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to put across, ferry”). Cognate with Scots fere, feir (“well, active, sound”), Middle High German gevüere (“able, capable, fit, serviceable”), Swedish för (“capable, able, stout”), Icelandic færr (“able”). Related to fare.

Adjective

fear (comparative more fear, superlative most fear)

  1. (dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

Results 340 Words with the letters FEAR

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5 letter words with the letters FEAR 
FACER 11
FAERY 10
FAKER 12
FARCE 11
FRAME 11
FREAK 12
WAFER 11
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FRAE 7
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2 letter words with the letters FEAR 
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FA 5
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