Fear

Word of the Day - Fear

fear

[feer]

–noun

1.a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.

2.a specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling: an abnormal fear of heights.

3.concern or anxiety; solicitude: a fear for someone’s safety.

4.reverential awe, especially toward god.

5.that which causes a feeling of being afraid; that of which a person is afraid: Cancer is a common fear.

–verb (used with object)
6.to regard with fear; be afraid of.

7.to have reverential awe of.

8.Archaic . to experience fear in (oneself).

–verb (used without object)
9.to have fear; be afraid.