to fear is a form of:
Fear
noun
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- (an unpleasant emotion caused by the nearness of danger of expectation of pain etc. awe, reverence, apprehension, concern, a cause for fear) ការគោរព, ការខ្លាច, ការញញើត, ការស្ដាប់បង្គាប់ fear of God សេចក្ដីក្រែង, for fear of ដោយខ្លាច, fear of death សេចក្ដីខ្លាច
Example: As the killer approached him with knife drawn, Ron left his fear overcome him.
verb — past tense: feared ; past participle: feared ; present participle: fearing ;
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- (INTRANSITIVE) (to be afraid of, to feel reverence or awe for) fear death ខ្លាច, fear God ក្រែង
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to feel fear, to be uneasy or anxious) ក្រែង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng.
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- A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
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- Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
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- That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
verb — past tense: feared ; past participle: feared ; present participle: fearing ;
- 1.
- To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
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- To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
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- To be anxious or solicitous for.
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- To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
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- apprehension, consternation, cowardice, dismay, dread, fright, horror, panic, scare, terror, timidity, trepidation
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- assurance, boldness, bravery, courage
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- To suspect, to doubt