| Definitions | | fear |
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noun
- (uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- He was struck by 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 of ants.
- (uncountable) Extreme veneration or awe, as toward a supreme being or deity.
Translations: - French: peur
- German: Gottesfurcht
- Italian: paura
- Dutch: angst , schrik
verb
- (transitive) To feel fear about (something).
- I the worst will happen.
- (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
- People who God can be found in Christian churches.
Translations: - Dutch: vrezen
- French: craindre, avoirpeur
- German: fí¼rchten
- Italian: temere, aver paura
- Spanish: temer, tener miedo
Etymology: (term, fír, , peril or danger, lang=non).
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