Princeton's WordNet

1. fear, fearfulness, fright(noun)

   an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

2. concern, care, fear(noun)

   an anxious feeling

   "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

3. fear, reverence, awe, veneration(verb)

   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"

4. fear(verb)

   be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

   "I fear she might get aggressive"

5. fear, dread(verb)

   be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

   "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"

6. fear(verb)

   be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement

   "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party"

7. fear(verb)

   be uneasy or apprehensive about

   "I fear the results of the final exams"

8. reverence, fear, revere, venerate(verb)

   regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

   "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. fear(noun)ɪər

   a strong feeling of worry that sth bad will happen

   her fear of flying; his fear that his family had not survived; fears for the safety of the miners; children crying with/in fear; people living in fear of violence

2. fearɪər

   because you worry that sth bad will happen

   I didn't look at him for fear of laughing.

3. fear(verb)ɪər

   to be afraid of or to worry about

   School officials fear a flu epidemic.; They feared that the men could be dead.

4. fearɪər

   to be afraid you will die

Webster Dictionary

1. Fear(noun)

   a variant of Fere, a mate, a companion

2. Fear(noun)

   a painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread

3. Fear(noun)

   apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng

4. Fear(noun)

   respectful reverence for men of authority or worth

5. Fear(noun)

   that which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness

6. Fear(noun)

   to feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude

7. Fear(noun)

   to have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of

8. Fear(noun)

   to be anxious or solicitous for

9. Fear(noun)

   to suspect; to doubt

10. Fear(noun)

    to affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear

11. Fear(verb)

    to be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil

The Roycroft Dictionary

1. fear

   1. A club used by priests, presidents, kings and policemen to keep the people from recovering stolen goods. 2. The thought of admitted inferiority. 3. The rock on which we split.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Fear

   The affective response to an actual current external danger which subsides with the elimination of the threatening condition.

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