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How to pronounce fear in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms revere, reverence, venerate
Type of respect, value, prize, prise, esteem
Has types saint, enshrine, worship
Type Words
Synonyms dread
Has types panic


I fear the winters in Moscow.
We should not fear the Communists!.
Type Words
Synonyms care, concern
Type of anxiety


they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction.
Type Words
Synonyms awe, reverence, veneration
Type of emotion


the fear of God.
Type Words
Synonyms fearfulness, fright
Type of emotion
Has types creeps, dismay, affright, frisson, horror, hysteria, intimidation, panic, panic attack, quiver, scare, shiver, shudder, stage fright, terror, thrill, timidity, timidness, timorousness, tingle, dread, alarm, apprehension, apprehensiveness, chill, consternation
Type Words
Type of worry


I fear she might get aggressive.
Type Words
Type of regret


I fear I won't make it to your wedding party.
Type Words


I fear the results of the final exams.

Examples of fear

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I fear that my wife will try that the next time I forget to shovel the driveway.
From the stltoday.com
He cited residents who did not want their names published for fear of reprisals.
From the thenewstribune.com
Some Afghan women fear their government's efforts to reconcile with the Taliban.
From the thenewstribune.com
This especially affects our senior citizens who live in fear in their own homes.
From the kentucky.com
The regime's fear was that the terror group would bring its fight back to Libya.
From the edition.cnn.com
Leo is a tiger as the matriarch who rules the family with fear and intimidation.
From the kentucky.com
A major issue in the decision is reportedly the fear of a backlash from the WGA.
From the upi.com
The institute's poll shows the Pakistani public overwhelmingly shares that fear.
From the voanews.com
My fear is that people are investing in countries they can't even find on a map.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
  • Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event; "I fear she might get aggressive"
  • Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
  • Concern: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
  • A feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration"
  • Be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement; "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party"
  • Fear is an emotional response to a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of danger. Some psychologists such as John B. ...
  • Fear is a low-budget film noir released in 1946 and directed by Alfred Zeisler. The film is considered a loose adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.
  • Fear is a Thriller/Horror/Suspense movie. It is directed by Rockne S. O'Bannon and stars Ally Sheedy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael O'Keefe, Lauren Hutton, Keone Young, Stan Shaw, Dean Goodman, Don Hood and Jonathan Prince.