FEAR

noun to be anxious or solicitous for.

2. fear ·noun a variant of fere, a mate, a companion.

3. fear ·noun respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.

4. fear ·noun to suspect; to doubt.

5. fear ·noun to have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.

6. fear ·vi to be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.

7. fear ·noun to feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.

8. fear ·noun to affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.

9. fear ·noun that which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.

10. fear ·noun apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, god's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the supreme belng.

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