fear

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Significat (anglès)

1. A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
2. A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
3. Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
4. A feeling of dread and anxiety when waking after drinking a lot of alcohol, wondering what one did while drunk.

dread

be afraid

be afraid of

afraid of

be frightened

be scared

be fearful

be anxious

be terrified

have fear

admire

be alarmed

be nervous

shrink from

be in awe of

apphrehend

tremble in fear

terror⫷mn⫸

kiaugh

behaviour theory

become afraid

be fearful of

be frightened of

be nervous of

be timid of

beware of

affrightment

be discouraged

be disheartened

be doubtful

anxious

be in dread of

deer in the headlights

angry

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be shy

be startled

anger

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be worried

feel bad

flee from

agitation

have respect

lose heart

dwere

feel timid

be cowardly

be terrified by

have a feeling of repugnance

have misgivings

respect with fear

Freqüència

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/fɪə/

From Middle English feer, fere, fer, from Old English fǣr, ġefǣr (“calamity, sudden danger, peril, sudden attack, terrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *fērō, *fērą (“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 perīculum (“danger, risk, trial”), Albanian frikë (“fear, danger”), Romanian frică. Doublet of peril. The verb is from Middle English feren, from Old English fǣran (“to frighten, raven”), from the noun. Cognate with the archaic Dutch verb varen (“to fear; to cause fear”).