fear
Εννοια (English)
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- A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
- Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
- A feeling of dread and anxiety when waking after drinking a lot of alcohol, wondering what one did while drunk.
Synonyms
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
be in dread of
be shy
be startled
be worried
feel bad
flee from
have respect
dwere
feel timid
be cowardly
be terrified by
have a feeling of repugnance
have misgivings
respect with fear
Συχνότητα
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/fɪə/
Ετυμολογία (English)
In summary
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”).
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