Fear A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
Fear Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng.
Fear Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
Fear That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
Fear To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
Fear To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
Fear To be anxious or solicitous for.
Fear To suspect; to doubt.
Fear To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.