fear
noun
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.
unfearing
-
a word derived from
fear.
Example Sentences
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As if unseeing, or unfearing, the strange figure swept nearer and nearer to the moonlit water, its feet already splashing in it, when Dorothy’s arms were flung around it to draw it into safety.
From Dorothy's House Party by Raymond, Evelyn
He looked at Corrigan while Braman examined the paper, his eyes alight with the mocking, unfearing gleam that had been in them during the fight.
From 'Firebrand' Trevison by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)
At last she seemed to regain her power over herself, and she wiped her eyes, and once more looked upon him with her own quiet, earnest, unfearing gaze.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
Land of chivalry unfearing, Daughters fair beyond comparing, Sons of worth, and noble daring, Carolina evermore!
From War Poetry of the South by Various
His seamen answer’d, cheering; Around was death in horrors dight, But still they fought unfearing, Till the fire reach’d the powder-store, And all died heroes midst its roar.
From Targum by Borrow, George Henry
