fear

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger.
2. n. A state or condition marked by this feeling: living in fear.
3. n. A feeling of disquiet or apprehension: a fear of looking foolish.
4. n. Extreme reverence or awe, as toward a supreme power.
5. n. A reason for dread or apprehension: Being alone is my greatest fear.
6. v. To be afraid or frightened of.
7. v. To be uneasy or apprehensive about: feared the test results.
8. v. To be in awe of; revere.
9. v. To consider probable; expect: I fear you are wrong. I fear I have bad news for you.
10. v. Archaic To feel fear within (oneself).
11. v. To be afraid.
12. v. To be uneasy or apprehensive.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil or harm, and accompanied by a strong desire to escape it; an active feeling of dread of which fright and terror are the intenser degrees; hence, apprehension or dread in general. Strong and sudden fear is accompanied by extreme physical disturbances, as trembling, paling, impairment of the power of speech and action, etc.
2. n. Anxiety; solicitude.
3. n. A cause or object of fear.
4. n. Formidableness; aptness to cause fear.
5. n. Reverence; respect for rightful authority; especially, reverence manifesting itself in obedience.
6. n. Synonyms See alarm. Concern, dread. Veneration, reverence, awe.
7. To frighten; affright; terrify; drive away or keep away by fear.
8. To feel a painful apprehension of, as some impending evil; be afraid of; consider or expect with emotions of alarm or solicitude.
9. To reverence; have a reverential awe of; venerate.
10. To have fear for; have anxiety about; be solicitous for.
11. To be frightened; be afraid; be in apprehension of evil; feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
12. To be in anxious uncertainty; doubt.
13. n. See feer.
14. Able; capable; stout; strong; sound: as, hale and fear (whole and entire, well and sound).

Wiktionary

1. n. A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
2. n. A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
3. n. Extreme veneration or awe, as toward a supreme being or deity.
4. v. To cause fear to; to frighten.
5. v. To feel fear about (something).
6. v. To venerate; to feel awe towards.
7. v. Regret.
8. adj. Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A variant of fere, a mate, a companion.
2. n. A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
3. n. Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Being.
4. n. Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
5. n. That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
6. v. To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
7. v. To have a reverential awe of; to be solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
8. v. To be anxious or solicitous for; now replaced by fear for.
9. v. To suspect; to doubt.
10. v. To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.
11. v. To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement
2. v. be uneasy or apprehensive about
3. n. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
4. v. be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
5. n. an anxious feeling
6. v. be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
7. n. a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
8. v. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of