An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).

synonyms: fearfulness, fright.

Roget 860: fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence; apprehensiveness, fearfulness etc. adj.; solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving; feeze [U.S.]; mistrust etc. (doubt) 485; suspicion, qualm; hesitation etc. (irresolution) 605.    nervousness, restlessness etc. adj.; inquietude, disquietude, worry, concern; batophobia^†; heartquake^†; flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat; abject fear etc. (cowardice) 862; mortal funk, heartsinking^†, despondency; despair etc. 859.    fright; affright, affrightment^†; boof alarm [U.S.], dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede (of horses). intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror.    [Object of fear] bug bear, bugaboo; scarecrow; hobgoblin etc. (demon) 980; nightmare, Gorgon, mormo^†, ogre, Hurlothrumbo^†, raw head and bloody bones, fee-faw-fum, bete noire [Fr.], enfant terrible [Fr.].    alarmist etc. (coward) 862.    ... show more

Roget 862: cowardice, pusillanimity; cowardliness etc. adj.; timidity, effeminacy.    poltroonery, baseness; dastardness^†, dastardy^†; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear etc. 860; white feather, faint heart; cold feet [U.S.], yellow streak [Slang].    coward, poltroon, dastard, sneak, recreant; shy cock, dunghill cock; coistril^†, milksop, white liver, lily liver, nidget^†, one that cannot say 'boo' to a goose; slink; Bob Acres, Jerry Sneak.    alarmist, terrorist^†, pessimist; runagate etc. (fugitive) 623.    ... show more

Dutch: angst, angstgevoel, bangheid, beklemming, benauwdheid, schrik, vrees
Polish: lęk, strach, bojaźń

An anxious feeling:
— They hushed it up out of fear of public reaction.

synonyms: care, concern.

Roget 832: discontent, discontentment; dissatisfaction; dissent etc. 489.    disappointment, mortification; cold comfort; regret etc. 833; repining, taking on etc. v.; heart-burning, heart-grief; querulousness etc. (lamentation) 839; hypercriticism.    inquietude, vexation of spirit, soreness; worry, concern, fear etc. 860.    [person who is discontented] malcontent, grumbler, growler, croaker, dissident, dissenter, laudator temporis acti [Lat.]; censurer, complainer, fault-finder, murmerer^†.    cave of Adullam^†, indignation meeting, winter of our discontent" [Henry VI]; with what I most enjoy contented least" [Shakespeare]. ... show more

Dutch: bezorgdheid, ongerustheid, verontrusting, zorg

A feeling of profound respect for someone or something:
— The fear of God.

synonyms: awe, reverence, veneration.

Dutch: vrees
Polish: rewerencja

Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event.

Roget 860: fear, stand in awe of; be afraid etc. adj.; have qualms etc. n.; apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance; distrust etc. (disbelieve) 485.    hesitate etc. (be irresolute) 605; falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk etc. (cowardice) 862; let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would'" [Macbeth] take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink; fly etc. (avoid) 623.    tremble, shake; shiver, shiver in one's shoes; shudder, flutter; shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over; quake, quaver, quiver, quail.    grow pale, turn pale; blench, stand aghast; not dare to say one's soul is one's own.    inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise apprehensions^†; be in a daze, bulldoze [U.S.]; faze, feeze [U.S.]; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm, startle, scare, cry 'wolf', disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from one's propriety; fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony.    make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter; take away one's breath, stop one's breath; make one tremble &c.; haunt; prey on the mind, weigh on the mind.    put in fear, put in bodily fear; terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage; browbeat, bully; threaten etc. 909.    ... show more

Dutch: duchten, vrezen

Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of:
— I fear the winters in Moscow.
— We should not fear the Communists!.

synonym: dread.

Dutch: schrik hebben, bang zijn, schrik hebben van, duchten, vrezen, aanhikken, opkijken, opzien

Be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement.

Be uneasy or apprehensive about.

Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of:
— Fear God as your father.

synonyms: revere, reverence, venerate.

Dutch: vereren