fears
plural of “fear” — an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
An inflected form of fear · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,210 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,929 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) also: fearfulness, fright
- an anxious feeling also: concern, care care had aged himthey hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
- a feeling of profound respect for someone or something also: reverence, awe, veneration the fear of Godthe Chinese reverence for the dead
fears in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It took away all her doubts, all her fears.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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The sight made him unhappy, and his unhappiness roused his latent fears.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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It was but too true; and no one then had any fears of the result for France.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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In life they keep us frequently in tears; And in the cold grave leave us in pale fears.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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The present horror deepened all The fears her childhood knew; The awe wherewith the air was filled With every breath she drew.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1