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Yes. The word fear is a Scrabble US word. The word fear is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (3 found)

FARE,FEAR,FRAE,

3-letter words (10 found)

ARE,ARF,EAR,ERA,ERF,FAE,FAR,FER,FRA,REF,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AR,EA,EF,ER,FA,FE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 22 words from fear according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of fear

fear efar faer afer eafr aefr fera efra frea rfea erfa refa fare afre frae rfae arfe rafe earf aerf eraf reaf aref raef

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Definitions and meaning of fear

fear

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɪə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /fɪɚ/, /fɪɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English feer, fere, fer, from Old English fǣr, ġefǣr (“calamity, sudden danger, peril, sudden attack, terrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *fērō, *fērą (“danger”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to attempt, try, research, risk”). Cognate with Dutch gevaar (“danger, risk, peril”), German Gefahr (“danger, risk, hazard”), Swedish fara (“danger, risk, peril”), Latin perīculum (“danger, risk, trial”), Albanian frikë (“fear, danger”), Romanian frică. Doublet of peril.

The verb is from Middle English feren, from Old English fǣran (“to frighten, raven”), from the noun. Cognate with the archaic Dutch verb varen (“to fear; to cause fear”).

Noun

fear (countable and uncountable, plural fears)

  2. (uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
  3. (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
  4. (uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
  5. (UK, with definite article, "the fear") A feeling of dread and anxiety when waking after drinking a lot of alcohol, wondering what one did while drunk.
    Synonym: hangxiety
    • (Can we date this quote by Mark Ratcliffe and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?), The Step Down: A Very Scottish Crime
      He had the fear, that feeling of dread that you've done something really embarrassing. The fear was a hundred times worse than the hangover. No, a thousand times worse.
Synonyms
  • (an emotion caused by actual or perceived danger; a sense of fear induced by something or someone): See Thesaurus:fear
  • (terrified veneration): dread
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

fear (third-person singular simple present fears, present participle fearing, simple past and past participle feared)

  2. (transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
  3. (intransitive) To feel fear.
  5. (intransitive, used with for) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for.
  6. (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
  7. (transitive) To regret.
  8. (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
  9. (obsolete, transitive) To be anxious or solicitous for.
  10. (obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.
Synonyms
  • (feel fear about (something)): be afraid of, be frightened of, be scared of, be terrorised/terrorized
  • (venerate; to feel awe towards): be in awe of, revere, venerate
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "venerate; to feel awe towards"): belittle, contemn
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English fere, feore, from Old English fēre (“able to go, fit for service”), from Proto-Germanic *fōriz (“passable”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to put across, ferry”). Cognate with Scots fere, feir (“well, active, sound”), Middle High German gevüere (“able, capable, fit, serviceable”), Swedish för (“capable, able, stout”), Icelandic færr (“able”). Related to fare.

Adjective

fear (comparative more fear, superlative most fear)

  1. (dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.
Alternative forms
  • feer

Anagrams

  • FERA, Fera, Rafe, fare, reaf

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲaɾˠ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /fʲæɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Cognate with Welsh gŵr, Breton gour, Cornish gour, Gaulish viros, Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīra), Lithuanian výras, Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (vīra), and Old English wer.

Noun

fear m (genitive singular fir, nominative plural fir)

  1. man (adult male)
  2. husband, male spouse
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish feraid, from Old Irish feraid.

Verb

fear (present analytic fearann, future analytic fearfaidh, verbal noun fearadh, past participle feartha) (transitive)

  1. to shed (a liquid)
  2. to excrete
Conjugation

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “fear” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “fear” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scots

Noun

fear (plural fears)

  1. fear

Verb

fear (third-person singular simple present fears, present participle fearin, simple past feart, past participle feart)

  1. to fear
  2. to frighten, scare

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɾ/

Noun

fear m (genitive singular fir, plural fir)

  1. man
  2. husband, male spouse

Declension

Derived terms

Pronoun

fear (genitive fir)

  1. somebody, something, one

Usage notes

  • Used when referring to a singular masculine subject.
  • For feminine subjects tè is used. Alternatively, neach can be used for either gender.
  • In the plural feadhainn is used for both genders.

Derived terms

  • feareigin
  • fear mu seach

Mutation

See also

  • bean

Further reading

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian fethere, from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥.

Cognate with English feather, Greek φτερό (fteró, “wing, feather”), Latin penna (“wing, feather”) and Irish éan (“bird”).

Noun

fear c (plural fearren, diminutive fearke)

  1. feather
  2. spring (mechanical device)
Further reading
  • “fear (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *farjǭ. Cognate with Dutch veer, English ferry.

Noun

fear n (plural fearen)

  1. ferry
Further reading
  • “fear (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 3

From Old Frisian *farn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn.

Noun

fear c (plural fearen)

  1. fern
Further reading
  • “fear (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 4

From Old Frisian *farch, from Proto-West Germanic *farh. Cognate with English farrow.

Adjective

fear

  1. farrow
Inflection
Further reading
  • “fear (V)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org