1. Noun
A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.
2. Noun
A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
3. Noun
Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng.
4. Noun
Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
5. Noun
That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
6. Noun
To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
7. Noun
To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
8. Noun
To be anxious or solicitous for.
9. Noun
To suspect; to doubt.
10. Noun
To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.
11. Verb
To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
12. Noun
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
13. Noun
a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
14. Noun
an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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