fear
fear - English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /fɪə/
- (General American) IPA: /fɪɚ/, /fɪɹ/
Noun
fear (countable and uncountable, plural fears)
- (uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.
- (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
- Not everybody has the same fears. I have a fear of ants.
- (uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
Synonyms
- (an emotion caused by actual or perceived danger; a sense of fear induced by something or someone): See fear
- (terrified veneration): dread
Derived terms
- affear
- fear campaign
- fearful
- fearless
- fear monger
- fearmonger
- fearnaught
- fear of heights
- fear of missing out
- fearsome
- for fear of
- for fear that
- geometry of fear
- germ-fear
- germ fear
- height-fear
- height fear
- night-fear
- nightfear
- night fear
- no fear
- put the fear of God into
- rub the fear of God into
- snake fear
- spider-fear
- spider-fear
- spider fear
- stage fear
- water-fear
- water fear
- without fear or favour
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Verb
fear (third-person singular simple present fears, present participle fearing, simple past and past participle feared)
- (transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
- I fear the worst will happen.
- (intransitive) To feel fear.
- Never fear; help is always near.
- (intransitive, used with for) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for.
- She fears for her son’s safety.
- (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
- (transitive) To regret.
- I fear I have bad news for you: your husband has died.
- (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
- (obsolete, transitive) To be anxious or solicitous for.
- (obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.
Synonyms
- (feel fear about (something)): be afraid of, be frightened of, be scared of, be terrorised/terrorized
- (venerate; to feel awe towards): be in awe of, revere, venerate
Antonyms
Derived terms
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Adjective
fear (comparative more fear, superlative most fear)
Alternative forms
Anagrams
fear - Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /fʲaɾˠ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /fʲæɾˠ/
Noun
fear m (genitive singular fir, nominative plural fir)
- man (adult male)
- Tá an fear ag ól uisce.
- The man is drinking water.
- Sláinte chuig na fir agus go marfuire na mná go deo!
- Health to the men and may the women live forever!
- husband, male spouse
Declension
Derived terms
- ardfhear (“excellent man”)
- baintreach fir (“widower”)
- banaltra fir (“male nurse”)
- bunfhear
- calmfhear
- ceartfhear
- cnámhfhear (“bones”)
- crannfhear (“aging man”)
- dea-fhear
- dréimire fir (“tall thin man”)
- fear adaic
- fear ascaille (“second oarsman”)
- fear banna
- fear bréige (“scarecrow”)
- fear cathaoireach (“chairman”)
- fear céile (“husband”)
- fear dóiteáin
- fear falsa (“scarecrow”)
- fear fichille (“chess piece, chessman”)
- fear ionaid (“deputy; vicar”)
- fear margaidh (“marketeer; bargain-maker”)
- fear na gcrúb (“the Devil; joker”)
- fear siúil
- fear sneachta (“snowman”)
- fear sorcais (“circus clown”)
- fear- (“man-, male; manly, he-”)
- fearchumhacht
- fearúil (“manly, masculine;”, adjective)
- firín (“little man, manikin”, diminutive)
- fuathaitheoir fear (“misandrist”)
- murúch fir (“merman”)
- ógfhear (“young man”)
- saorfhear
- seanfhear (“old man”)
- slatfhear
- tréanfhear
Verb
fear (present analytic fearann, future analytic fearfaidh, verbal noun fearadh, past participle feartha)
- (transitive) grant, provide
- (transitive) pour out, give forth, shed
- (transitive) wage
- (transitive) perform, execute; hold, observe
- (transitive) affect; benefit
- (transitive) excrete
Conjugation
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | fearaim | fearann tú; fearair† | fearann sé, sí | fearaimid | fearann sibh | fearann siad; fearaid† | a fhearann; a fhearas / a bhfearann*; a bhfearas* | feartar |
| past | d'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‡ | a d'fhear / ar fhear* | fearadh | |
| past habitual | d'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‡‡ | a d'fhearadh / a bhfearadh* | d'fheartaí / fheartaí‡; bhfearta퇇 | |
| future | fearfaidh mé; fearfad | fearfaidh tú; fearfair† | fearfaidh sé, sí | fearfaimid; fearfaidh muid | fearfaidh sibh | fearfaidh siad; fearfaid† | a fhearfaidh; a fhearfas / a bhfearfaidh*; a bhfearfas* | fearfar | |
| conditional | d'fhearfainn / fhearfainn‡; bhfearfainn‡‡ | d'fhearfá / fhearfá‡; bhfearfᇇ | d'fhearfadh sé, sí / fhearfadh sé, sí‡; bhfearfadh sé, s퇇 | d'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‡‡ | a d'fhearfadh / a bhfearfadh* | d'fhearfaí / fhearfaí‡; bhfearfa퇇 | |
| subjunctive | present | go bhfeara mé; go bhfearad† | go bhfeara tú; go bhfearair† | go bhfeara sé, sí | go bhfearaimid; go bhfeara muid | go bhfeara sibh | go bhfeara siad; go bhfearaid† | — | go bhfeartar |
| past | dá bhfearainn | dá bhfeartá | dá bhfearadh sé, sí | dá bhfearaimis; dá bhfearadh muid | dá bhfearadh sibh | dá bhfearaidís; dá bhfearadh siad | — | dá bhfeartaí | |
| imperative | fearaim | fear | fearadh sé, sí | fearaimis | fearaigí; fearaidh† | fearaidís | — | feartar | |
| verbal noun | fearadh | ||||||||
| past participle | feartha | ||||||||
* Indirect relative † Archaic or dialect form ‡ Dependent form ‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fear | fhear | bhfear |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
fear - Scots
Noun
fear (plural fears)
Verb
fear (third-person singular simple present fears, present participle fearin, simple past feart, past participle feart)
fear - Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA: /fɛɾ/
Noun
fear m (genitive singular fir, plural fir)
Declension
Derived terms
Pronoun
fear (genitive fir)
Usage notes
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| fear | fhear |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
fear - West Frisian
Noun
Noun
fear n (plural fearen)
Noun
fear c (plural fearen)
Adjective
fear
Inflection
| Inflection of fear | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | fear | |||
| inflected | feare | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | fear | |||
| indefinite | c. sing. | feare | ||
| n. sing. | fear | |||
| plural | feare | |||
| definite | feare | |||
| partitive | fears | |||