p. a. [ OE. afered, AS. āf&aemacr_;red, p. p. of āf&aemacr_;ran to frighten; ā- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + f&aemacr_;ran to frighten. See Fear. ] Afraid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. aferen, AS. āf&unr_;ran. See Afeard. ] To frighten. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. fer, feer, fere, AS. f&aemacr_;r a coming suddenly upon, fear, danger; akin to D. vaar, OHG. fāra danger, G. gefahr, Icel. fār harm, mischief, plague, and to E. fare, peril. See Fare. ] 1. A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The degrees of this passion, beginning with the most moderate, may be thus expressed, -- apprehension, fear, dread, fright, terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fear is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where no hope is left, is left no fear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) (a) Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Being. (b) Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will put my fear in their hearts. Jer. xxxii. 40. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Ps. xxxiv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due . . . fear to whom fear. Rom. xiii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

There were they in great fear, where no fear was. Ps. liii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fear of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal enterprise. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

For fear, in apprehension lest. “For fear you ne'er see chain nor money more.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Feared p. pr. & vb. n. Fearing. ] [ OE. feren, faeren, to frighten, to be afraid, AS. f&aemacr_;ran to terrify. See Fear, n. ] 1. To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Ps. xxiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

With subordinate clause.
I greatly fear my money is not safe. Shak.

I almost fear to quit your hand. D. Jerrold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have a reverential awe of; to be solicitous to avoid the displeasure of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leave them to God above; him serve and fear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be anxious or solicitous for; now replaced by fear for. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children, therefore . . . I fear you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To suspect; to doubt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ay what else, fear you not her courage? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fear their people from doing evil. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs. Shak.

Syn. -- To apprehend; dread; reverence; venerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

I exceedingly fear and quake. Heb. xii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fears. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful amidst all their power. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid. [ 1913 Webster ]

What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? Deut. xx. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Indicating, or caused by, fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful. [ 1913 Webster ]

This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy God. Deut. xxviii. 58. [ 1913 Webster ]

Death is a fearful thing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In dreams they fearful precipices tread. Dryden.

Syn. -- Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; horrible; distressing; shocking; frightful; dreadful; awful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a fearful manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being fearful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from fear.

Syn. -- Bold; daring; courageous; intrepid; valorous; valiant; brave; undaunted; dauntless; heroic.

-- Fear"less*ly, adv. -- Fear"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A fearless person. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. 1. Frightful; causing fear. [ Scotch ] “This fearsome wind.” Sir W. Scott [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Easily frightened; timid; timorous. “A silly fearsome thing.” B. Taylor [ 1913 Webster ]

god"fear`ing, a. Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; devoutly religious.
Syn. -- devout, pious. [1913 Webster]

A brave god-fearing man. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

a god-fearing and law-abiding people. H. L. Mencken [WordNet 1.5]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
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See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
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See guilty.
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See hale.
See handy.
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See approving.
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See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
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See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]