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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fear \Fear\ (f[=e]r), noun A variant of {Fere}, a mate, a companion. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fear \Fear\, noun [OE. fer, feer, fere, AS. f[=ae]r a coming suddenly upon, fear, danger; akin to D. vaar, OHG. f[=a]ra danger, G. gefahr, Icel. f[=a]r harm, mischief, plague, and to E. fare, peril. See {Fare}.]
1. A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
Note: The degrees of this passion, beginning with the most moderate, may be thus expressed, -- {apprehension}, fear, {dread}, {fright}, {terror}.
Fear is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us. --Locke.
Where no hope is left, is left no fear. --Milton.
2. (Script.) (a) Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Being. (b) Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
I will put my fear in their hearts. --Jer. xxxii. 40.
I will teach you the fear of the Lord. --Ps. xxxiv. 11.
Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due . . . fear to whom fear. --Rom. xiii. 7.
3. That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
There were they in great fear, where no fear was. --Ps. liii. 5.
The fear of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal enterprise. --Shak.
{For fear}, in apprehension lest. ''For fear you ne'er see chain nor money more.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fear \Fear\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Feared} (f[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fearing}.] [OE. feren, faeren, to frighten, to be afraid, AS. f[=ae]ran to terrify. See {Fear}, noun]
1. To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. --Ps. xxiii. 4.
Note: With subordinate clause.
I greatly fear my money is not safe. --Shak.
I almost fear to quit your hand. --D. Jerrold.
2. To have a reverential awe of; to be solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
Leave them to God above; him serve and fear. --Milton.
3. To be anxious or solicitous for; now replaced by {fear for}. [R.]
The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children, therefore . . . I fear you. --Shak.
4. To suspect; to doubt. [Obs.]
Ay what else, fear you not her courage? --Shak.
5. To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear. [Obs.]
Fear their people from doing evil. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs. --Shak.
Syn: To apprehend; dread; reverence; venerate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fere \Fere\, noun [OE. fere companion, AS. gef[=e]ra, from f[=e]ran to go, travel, faran to travel. [root]78. See {Fare}.] A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife. [Obs.] [Written also {fear} and {feere}.] --Chaucer.
And Cambel took Cambrina to his fere. --Spenser.
{In fere}, together; in company. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fear \Fear\, verb (used without an object) To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
I exceedingly fear and quake. --Heb. xii. 21.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fear
noun
1: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) [syn: {fearfulness}, {fright}] [ant: {fearlessness}]
2: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" [syn: {concern}, {care}]
3: a profound emotion inspired by a deity; "the fear of God" [syn: {reverence}, {awe}, {veneration}]
verb
1: be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event; "I fear she might get aggressive"
2: be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" [syn: {dread}]
3: be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement; "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party"
4: be uneasy or apprehensive about; "I fear the results of the final exams"
5: regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" [syn: {reverence}, {revere}, {venerate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
171 Moby Thesaurus words for "fear": abulia, agitation, alarm, all-overs, angst, anticipate, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehend, apprehension, apprehensiveness, attack of nerves, awe, back down, balance, be afraid, bete noire, bogey, bogy, buck fever, bugbear, cankerworm of care, care, case of nerves, chicken-liveredness, chickenheartedness, cold feet, cold sweat, concern, concernment, consternation, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, debate, deliberate, demur, diffidence, discomposure, dismay, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, dread, esteem, excessive irritability, expect, eye askance, faintheart, faintheartedness, faintness, falter, fearfulness, feeblemindedness, feebleness, fidgetiness, fidgets, foreboding, forebodingness, forebodings, foresee, frailty, fright, funk, hang back, have qualms, hem and haw, henheartedness, hesitate, hesitation, horror, hover, hum and haw, imagine, infirmity, inquietude, jib, lily-liveredness, malaise, milksopism, milksoppiness, milksoppishness, misgive, misgiving, morbid excitability, nerves, nervosity, nervous stomach, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, nightmare, overanxiety, panic, panickiness, pause, perturbation, phobia, pigeonheartedness, pins and needles, pliability, ponder, presentiment, pucker, pull back, qualms, quiver, respect, retreat, revere, reverence, scare, scruple, second thoughts, shilly-shally, shrink from, shudder at, shy, sit upon thorns, softness, solicitude, spell of nerves, spinelessness, stage fright, stand aghast, state of nerves, stew, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain, strain at, suspect, suspense, tension, terror, think twice about, tic, timidity, timidness, timorousness, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, twitching, unease, uneasiness, unmanfulness, unmanliness, unquietness, upset, vellication, venerate, veneration, vexation, weak will, weak-mindedness, weakheartedness, weakness, withdraw, worry, yellowness, yield, zeal
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