I thought about the mother, her fear of the dark, of the harm she feared might come to her daughters.
He feared the police might go on strike and join the protestors.
In prison and on the streets they are one of the most feared gangs in America.
After charging at the officer, the teen was sadly but subsequently killed by the officer who feared for his life.
However, as she feared, The Bell Jar appeared to indifferent notices and the launch—which Ted attended—was rather low-key.
She had feared he might rush his proposal through that night; he had been so much in earnest.
He feared now she meant to lose it irrevocably through remarriage.
These shrinking hairs, they feared not death, but they seemed to fear Malbone.
I feared rough usage at the railroad, and rougher associations.
I knew by the way the girl stopped crying that she both knew and feared him.
Old English fær "calamity, sudden danger, peril," from Proto-Germanic *feraz "danger" (cf. Old Saxon far "ambush," Old Norse far "harm, distress, deception," Dutch gevaar, German Gefahr "danger"), from PIE root *per- "to try, risk, come over, go through" (perhaps connected with Greek peira "trial, attempt, experience," Latin periculum "trial, risk, danger").
Sense of "uneasiness caused by possible danger" developed late 12c. Old English words for "fear" as we now use it were ege, fyrhto; as a verb, ondrædan.
Old English færan "terrify, frighten," originally transitive (sense preserved in archaic I fear me and somewhat revived in digital gaming). Meaning "feel fear" is late 14c. Cognate with Old Saxon faron "to lie in wait," Middle Dutch vaeren "to fear," Old High German faren "to plot against," Old Norse færa "to taunt." See fear (n.). Related: Feared; fearing.
fear (fēr)
n.
A feeling of agitation and dread caused by the presence or imminence of danger.
