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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishfeer,fere,fer(“fear”), 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, hazard, risk”),Danishfare(“danger, hazard, risk”),Faroese andIcelandicfár(“accident, anger, calamity”),Norwegianfare(“danger”),Swedishfara(“danger, risk, peril”),Latinperīculum(“danger, risk, trial”),Ancient Greekπεῖρα(peîra,“trial, experiment”),Armenianփորձ(pʻorj,“attempt”).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.
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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)
      indicativesingularpluraldirect relativeautonomous
      firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
      presentfearaimfearann tú;
      fearair†      		fearann sé, sífearaimid;fearann muidfearann sibhfearann siad;
      fearaid†      		afhearann; afhearasfeartar
      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'fhearfearadh
      past habituald'fhearainn /
      fearainn‡      		d'fheartá /
      feartᇠ     		d'fhearadh sé, sí /
      fearadh sé, sí‡      		d'fhearaimis;d'fhearadh muid /
      fearaimis‡;fearadh muid‡      		d'fhearadh sibh /
      fearadh sibh‡      		d'fhearaidís;d'fhearadh siad /
      fearaidís‡;fearadh siad‡      		ad'fhearadhd'fheartaí /
      feartaí‡
      singularpluraldirect relativeautonomous
      firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
      futurefearfaidh mé;
      fearfad      		fearfaidh tú;
      fearfair†      		fearfaidh sé, sífearfaimid;
      fearfaidh muid      		fearfaidh sibhfearfaidh siad;
      fearfaid†      		afhearfaidh; afhearfasfearfar
      conditionald'fhearfainn /
      fearfainn‡      		d'fhearfá /
      fearfᇠ     		d'fhearfadh sé, sí /
      fearfadh sé, sí‡      		d'fhearfaimis;d'fhearfadh muid /
      fearfaimis‡;fearfadh muid‡      		d'fhearfadh sibh /
      fearfadh sibh‡      		d'fhearfaidís;d'fhearfadh siad /
      fearfaidís‡;fearfadh siad‡      		ad'fhearfadhd'fhearfaí /
      fearfaí‡
      subjunctivesingularpluraldirect relativeautonomous
      firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
      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
      imperativesingularpluraldirect relativeautonomous
      firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
      —fearaimfearfearadh sé, sífearaimisfearaigí;
      fearaidh†      		fearaidís—feartar
      past participlefeartha
      verbal nounfearadh

      † archaic or dialect form
      ‡ dependent form

      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

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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;fhearaibh

        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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        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.

        References

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        1. ^Oftedal, M. (1956),A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
        2. ^Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966),Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
        3. ^Wentworth, Roy (2003),Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR,→ISBN, page437
        4. ^Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937),The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
        5. ^Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940),A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, pages27, 188
        6. ^Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941),A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, pages12, 114

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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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