fear

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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.

Verb

1. To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
2. To feel fear.
3. To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for.
4. To venerate; to feel awe towards.
5. To regret.
6. (obsolete) To cause fear to; to frighten.
7. (obsolete) To be anxious or solicitous for.
8. (obsolete) To suspect; to doubt.

Adj

Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

Concepten

angst

vrees

vrezen

schrik

bang zijn voor

duchten

schromen

beduchtheid

beklemming

terugschrikken voor

bang zijn

beroering

benauwdheid

schroom

commotie

consternatie

ontsteltenis

ontzetting

opschudding

verbijstering

verwarring

zielsangst

ongerustheid

zorg

bang maken

beangstigen

verschrikken

vrees aanjagen

ontzag

bangheid

schrik hebben

grote angst

bang zijn van

verschrikking

alarm

Funk

Horror

paniek

terreur

bezorgdheid

tobberij

aanbidden

adoreren

vereren

schrik hebben van

achting hebben voor

eerbiedigen

hoogachten

hoogschatten

respecteren

bang

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/fɪə/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).

Zinnen

The boy knew the desert sensed his fear .

De jongen wist dat de woestijn zijn angst voelde.