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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishfeer,fere,fer, fromOld Englishfǣr,ġefǣr(“calamity, sudden danger, peril, sudden attack, terrible sight”), fromProto-Germanic*fērō,*fērą(“danger”), fromProto-Indo-European*per-(“to go through, carry forth, try”). Cognate withDutchgevaar(“danger, risk, peril”),GermanGefahr(“danger, risk, hazard”),Swedishfara(“danger, risk, peril”),Latinperīculum(“danger, risk, trial”).Doublet ofperil.

The verb is fromMiddle Englishferen, fromOld Englishfǣran(“to frighten, raven”), from the noun. Cognate with the archaicDutch verbvaren(“to fear; to cause fear”).

Noun

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fear (countable anduncountable,pluralfears)

  2. (uncountable) A strong, unpleasantemotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:fear
    He was struck byfear on seeing the snake.
    • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:
      I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state offear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.
    • 1910,Emerson Hough, chapter I, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with nofear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
    • 1914 November,Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, inMunsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.:The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published1915,→OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact),page382, column 1:
      Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervatingfear.
  3. (countable) Aphobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone in particular.
    Not everybody has the samefears.
    I have afear of ants.
  4. (countable) Something one isafraid of; theobject of one’s fear.
    Spiders are my greatestfear.
  5. (uncountable)Terrifiedveneration orreverence, particularly towardsGod,gods, orsovereigns.
    Synonym:dread
  6. (UK, with definite article, "the fear") A feeling ofdread andanxiety when waking after drinking a lot ofalcohol, wondering what one did while drunk.
    Synonym:hangxiety
    • 2019, Ruth Kelly,The Little Vineyard in Provence:
      Her feeling of humiliation had intensified as the day had gone on and her hangover had worsened. She now also had 'the fear' to contend with,[…]
    • 2020, Mark Ratcliffe,The Step Down: A Very Scottish Crime:
      He hadthe fear, that feeling of dread that you've done something really embarrassing.The fear was a hundred times worse than the hangover. No, a thousand times worse.
Derived terms
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Translations
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uncountable: emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat
a phobia; sense of fear induced by something or someone
extreme veneration or awe
hangover anxiety—seehangxiety
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Verb

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fear (third-person singular simple presentfears,present participlefearing,simple past and past participlefeared)

  2. (transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
    Ifear the worst will happen.
    • c.1594 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii]:
      I greatlyfear my money is not safe.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Matthew10:28:
      Andfear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but ratherfear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
    • 1892,Walter Besant, chapter II, inThe Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers, […],→OCLC:
      At twilight in the summer there is never anybody tofear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
    • 2013 July 19,Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 6, page 1:
      One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parentsfear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
  3. (intransitive) To feel fear.
    Neverfear; help is always near.
  5. (intransitive) Toworry about, to feelconcern for, to beafraid for [withfor].
    Shefears for her son’s safety.
  6. (transitive) Tovenerate; tofeelawe towards.
    People whofearGod can be found inChristian churches.
  7. (transitive) To regret.
    Ifear I have bad news for you: your husband has died.
  8. (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; tofrighten.
  9. (obsolete, transitive) To beanxious orsolicitous for.
  10. (obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.
Synonyms
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Antonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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feel fear about (something)
to feel fear
(used withfor) to worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for
venerate; to feel awe towards
to regret

Etymology 2

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    FromMiddle Englishfere,feore, fromOld Englishfēre(“able to go, fit for service”), fromProto-Germanic*fēriz(“passable”), fromProto-Indo-European*per-(“to put across, ferry”). Cognate withScotsfere,feir(“well, active, sound”),Middle High Germangevüere(“able, capable, fit, serviceable”),Swedishför(“capable, able, stout”),Icelandicfær(“able”). Related tofare.

    Adjective

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    fear (comparativemorefear,superlativemostfear)

    1. (dialectal)Able;capable;stout;strong;sound.
      hale andfear
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    Anagrams

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    Irish

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    FromOld Irishfer,[5] fromProto-Celtic*wiros, fromProto-Indo-European*wiHrós.

    Cognate withWelshgŵr,Bretongour,Cornishgour,Gaulishviros,Latinvir,Sanskritवीर(vīra),Lithuanianvýras,Avestan𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀(vīra), andOld Englishwer.

    Noun

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    fear m (genitive singularfir,nominative pluralfir)

    1. man(adult male)
      Tá anfear ag ól uisce.
      The man is drinking water.
      Sláinte chuig nafir agus go marfuire na mná go deo!
      Health to themen and may the women live forever!
    2. husband,malespouse
    Declension
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    Declension offear (first declension)
    bare forms
    singularplural
    nominativefearfir
    vocativeafhirafheara
    genitivefirfear
    dativefearfir
    fearaibh (archaic)
    forms with thedefinite article
    singularplural
    nominativeanfearnafir
    genitiveanfhirnabhfear
    dativeleis anbhfear
    donfhear    		leis nafir
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    Etymology 2

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    FromMiddle Irishferaid, fromOld Irishferaid.[6]

    Verb

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    fear (present analyticfearann,future analyticfearfaidh,verbal nounfearadh,past participlefeartha)(transitive)

    1. toshed(a liquid)
    2. toexcrete
    Conjugation
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    conjugation offear (first conjugation – A)
    verbal nounfearadh
    past participlefeartha
    tensesingularpluralrelativeautonomous
    firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
    indicative
    presentfearaimfearann tú;
    fearair†    		fearann sé, sífearaimidfearann sibhfearann siad;
    fearaid†    		afhearann; afhearas /
    abhfearann*    		feartar
    pastd'fhear mé;d'fhearas /
    fhear mé‡;fhearas‡    		d'fhear tú;d'fhearais /
    fhear tú;fhearais‡    		d'fhear sé, sí /
    fhear sé, sí‡    		d'fhearamar;d'fhear muid /
    fhearamar;fhear muid‡    		d'fhear sibh;d'fhearabhair /
    fhear sibh;
    fhearabhair‡    		d'fhear siad;d'fhearadar /
    fhear siad;fhearadar‡    		ad'fhear /
    arfhear*    		fearadh
    past habituald'fhearainn /
    fhearainn‡;bhfearainn‡‡    		d'fheartá /
    fheartá‡;bhfeartᇇ    		d'fhearadh sé, sí /
    fhearadh sé, sí‡;bhfearadh sé, s퇇    		d'fhearaimis;d'fhearadh muid /
    fhearaimis;fhearadh muid‡;bhfearaimis‡‡;bhfearadh muid‡‡    		d'fhearadh sibh /
    fhearadh sibh‡;bhfearadh sibh‡‡    		d'fhearaidís;d'fhearadh siad /
    fhearaidís;fhearadh siad‡;bhfearaidís‡‡;bhfearadh siad‡‡    		ad'fhearadh /
    abhfearadh*    		d'fheartaí /
    fheartaí‡;bhfearta퇇
    futurefearfaidh mé;
    fearfad    		fearfaidh tú;
    fearfair†    		fearfaidh sé, sífearfaimid;
    fearfaidh muid    		fearfaidh sibhfearfaidh siad;
    fearfaid†    		afhearfaidh; afhearfas /
    abhfearfaidh*    		fearfar
    conditionald'fhearfainn /fhearfainn‡;bhfearfainn‡‡d'fhearfá /fhearfá‡;bhfearfᇇd'fhearfadh sé, sí /fhearfadh sé, sí‡;bhfearfadh sé, s퇇d'fhearfaimis;d'fhearfadh muid /fhearfaimis‡;fhearfadh muid‡;bhfearfaimis‡‡;bhfearfadh muid‡‡d'fhearfadh sibh /fhearfadh sibh‡;bhfearfadh sibh‡‡d'fhearfaidís;d'fhearfadh siad /fhearfaidís‡;fhearfadh siad‡;bhfearfaidís‡‡;bhfearfadh siad‡‡ad'fhearfadh /
    abhfearfadh*    		d'fhearfaí /fhearfaí‡;bhfearfa퇇
    subjunctive
    presentgobhfeara mé;
    gobhfearad†    		gobhfeara tú;
    gobhfearair†    		gobhfeara sé, sígobhfearaimid;
    gobhfeara muid    		gobhfeara sibhgobhfeara siad;
    gobhfearaid†    		—gobhfeartar
    pastdábhfearainndábhfeartádábhfearadh sé, sídábhfearaimis;
    dábhfearadh muid    		dábhfearadh sibhdábhfearaidís;
    dábhfearadh siad    		—dábhfeartaí
    imperative
    –fearaimfearfearadh sé, sífearaimisfearaigí;
    fearaidh†    		fearaidís—feartar

    * indirect relative
    † archaic or dialect form
    ‡ dependent form
    ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that triggereclipsis

    Mutation

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    Mutated forms offear
    radicallenitioneclipsis
    fearfhearbhfear

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    References

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    1. ^Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931),Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux,§ 57, page30
    2. ^Finck, F. N. (1899),Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page106
    3. ^Quiggin, E. C. (1906),A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press,§ 269, page95
    4. ^de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977),Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath[Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 5, page 3
    5. ^Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fer”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
    6. ^Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “feraid”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

    Further reading

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    Scots

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    Noun

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    fear (pluralfears)

    1. fear

    Verb

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    fear (third-person singular simple presentfears,present participlefearin,simple past and past participlefeart)

    1. tofear
    2. tofrighten,scare

    Scottish Gaelic

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    Etymology

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    Inherited fromOld Irishfer, fromProto-Celtic*wiros, fromProto-Indo-European*wiHrós.

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    Noun

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    fear m (genitive singularfir,pluralfir)

    1. man
    2. husband,malespouse

    Declension

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    Declension offear (type I masculine noun)
    indefinite
    singularplural
    nominativefearfir
    genitivefirfhear
    dativefearfir;fearaibh1
    definite
    singularplural
    nominative(am)fear(na)fir
    genitive(an)fhir(nam)fear
    dative(an)fhear(na)fir;fearaibh1
    vocativefhirfheara

    1 obsolete form, used until the 19th century

    Derived terms

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    Pronoun

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    fear (genitivefir)

    1. somebody,something,one

    Usage notes

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    Derived terms

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    See also

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    Mutation

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    Mutation offear
    radicallenition
    fearfhear

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    West Frisian

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    FromOld Frisianfethere, fromProto-West Germanic*feþru, fromProto-Germanic*feþrō, fromProto-Indo-European*péth₂r̥.

    Cognate withEnglishfeather,Greekφτερό(fteró,“wing, feather”),Latinpenna(“wing, feather”) andIrishéan(“bird”).

    Noun

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    fear c (pluralfearren,diminutivefearke)

    1. feather
    2. spring (mechanical device)
    Further reading
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    • “fear (I)”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011

    Etymology 2

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    FromProto-Germanic*farjǭ. Cognate withDutchveer,Englishferry.

    Noun

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    fear n (pluralfearen)

    1. ferry
    Further reading
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    • “fear (II)”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011

    Etymology 3

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    FromOld Frisian*farn, fromProto-West Germanic*farn.

    Noun

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    fear c (pluralfearen)

    1. fern
    Further reading
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    • “fear (III)”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011

    Etymology 4

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    FromOld Frisian*farch, fromProto-West Germanic*farh. Cognate withEnglishfarrow.

    Adjective

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    fear

    1. farrow
    Inflection
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    Inflection offear
    uninflectedfear
    inflectedfeare
    comparative—
    positive
    predicative/adverbialfear
    indefinitec. sing.feare
    n. sing.fear
    pluralfeare
    definitefeare
    partitivefears
    Further reading
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    • “fear (V)”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011
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