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Synonyms for feared

Grammar : Adj
Spell : feerd
Phonetic Transcription : fɪərd


Définition of feared

Origin :
  • 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.
  • adj worrisome
Example sentences :
  • He feared now she meant to lose it irrevocably through remarriage.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • She had feared he might rush his proposal through that night; he had been so much in earnest.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • These shrinking hairs, they feared not death, but they seemed to fear Malbone.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • I feared rough usage at the railroad, and rougher associations.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • I knew by the way the girl stopped crying that she both knew and feared him.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • No one saw him hurt, but it is feared he was, and that he has been left behind.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • We might send him to the post, but that's all the good it'll do us, I'm feared.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • What had seemed so real to him then he feared to-day to face, as trivial and weak.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • He had feared to meet her—something in his presence might cause her to suspect that something was wrong.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Since it was he, there was nothing to be feared for the window; were he to touch it, he would only embellish it.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

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