Definition of Fear

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Definition of Fear

Fear

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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

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

Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.

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

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

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

To be anxious or solicitous for.

To suspect; to doubt.

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

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

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Fear Quotations

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
Buddha

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
Buddha

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Thomas Jefferson

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.
Thomas Jefferson

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.
Thomas Jefferson

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.
Thomas Jefferson

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.
Thomas Jefferson

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
Thomas Jefferson

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Albert Einstein

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Albert Einstein

Fear Translations

fear in Afrikaans is vrees
fear in Dutch is beklemming, angst, benauwdheid
fear in French is angoisse, craignent, crainte, crains, craignons
fear in Italian is angoscia, temere, paura, temere
fear in Latin is timor, vereor, terror, metus, formidilosus
fear in Portuguese is receio, recear, medo, temer
fear in Spanish is recelo, recelar, miedo, temor, temer, miedoso

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