fearlessness
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fear (fɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a feeling of distress, apprehension, or alarm caused by impending danger, pain, etc |
| 2. | a cause of this feeling |
| 3. | awe; reverence: fear of God |
| 4. | concern; anxiety |
| 5. | possibility; chance: there is no fear of that happening |
| 6. | for fear of, for fear that, for fear lest to forestall or avoid |
| 7. | no fear certainly not |
| 8. | put the fear of God into to frighten |
| —vb (foll by for) | |
| 9. | to be afraid (to do something) or of (a person or thing); dread |
| 10. | (tr) to revere; respect |
| 11. | (tr; takes a clause as object) to be sorry: used to lessen the effect of an unpleasant statement: I fear that you have not won |
| 12. | to feel anxiety about something |
| 13. | an archaic word for frighten |
| [Old English fǣr; related to Old High German fāra, Old Norse fār hostility, Latin perīculum danger] | |
| 'fearer | |
| —n | |
| 'fearless | |
| —adj | |
| 'fearlessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'fearlessness | |
| —n | |
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| fear (fɪə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a feeling of distress, apprehension, or alarm caused by impending danger, pain, etc |
| 2. | a cause of this feeling |
| 3. | awe; reverence: fear of God |
| 4. | concern; anxiety |
| 5. | possibility; chance: there is no fear of that happening |
| 6. | for fear of, for fear that, for fear lest to forestall or avoid |
| 7. | no fear certainly not |
| 8. | put the fear of God into to frighten |
| —vb (foll by for) | |
| 9. | to be afraid (to do something) or of (a person or thing); dread |
| 10. | (tr) to revere; respect |
| 11. | (tr; takes a clause as object) to be sorry: used to lessen the effect of an unpleasant statement: I fear that you have not won |
| 12. | to feel anxiety about something |
| 13. | an archaic word for frighten |
| [Old English fǣr; related to Old High German fāra, Old Norse fār hostility, Latin perīculum danger] | |
| 'fearer | |
| —n | |
| 'fearless | |
| —adj | |
| 'fearlessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'fearlessness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
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Patty frightened nobody, but she'd been a standout athlete in high school and college and possessed a jock sort of fearlessness.
Steven loves her fearlessness and the way her voice breaks.
Something about these mountains fosters fearlessness.
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