6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
verb be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
verb be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
verb be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement
originFrom Middle English fard, feard, ferd, ferde, fered, equivalent to fear + -ed.
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