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The definition of fear
13 Definitions of: fear
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- noun, a feeling of distress, apprehension, or alarm caused by impending danger, pain, etc
- noun, a cause of this feeling
- noun, awe; reverence
- noun, concern; anxiety
- noun, possibility; chance
- noun, for fear of, that or lest to forestall or avoid
- noun, no fear certainly not
- noun, put the fear of God into to frighten
- verb, to be afraid (to do something) or of (a person or thing); dread
- verb, to revere; respect
- verb, to be sorry: used to lessen the effect of an unpleasant statement
- verb, to feel anxiety about something
- verb, an archaic word for frighten
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of fear