Meaning

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

noun an anxious feeling

noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

originFrom Middle English feer, fere, fer (“fear”), from Old English fǣr, ġefǣr (“calamity, sudden danger, peril, sudden attack, terrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *fērō, *fērą (“danger”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through, carry forth, try”). Cognate with Dutch gevaar (“danger, risk, peril”), German Gefahr (“danger, hazard, risk”), Danish fare (“danger, hazard, risk”), Faroese and…

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