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"FEARS" is a plural of: fear. |
Date "FEARS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Census | (Field Employees Automated Retirement System) An automated system to generate retirement information for Field Division Schedule A employees. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you feel fear from any cause, denotes that your future engagements will not prove so successful as was expected. For a young woman, this dream forebodes disappointment and unfortunate love. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fear | A dagger of the mind ; expertus metuit; " fain would I climb but that I fear to fall"; " fear is the parent of cruelty "; " Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire "; omnia tuta timens; " our fears do make us traitors " |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: FEARS |
| English words defined with "FEARS": actualised, actualized, allay, allayer ♦ Blackmailing ♦ comforter, conquerable ♦ Dreader ♦ ease ♦ fact ♦ hagridden, holy of holies, homophobe ♦ melancholia ♦ phobic ♦ reassail, relieve, reliever ♦ still ♦ To clear up, tormented. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FEARS": Acrobat, Adversity, Aglaos, Agony, ante-mortem probate, Apparel, Awful ♦ Cross-bones ♦ Damocles' Sword, Dependent, Dying Sayings ♦ Flying ♦ Grapes ♦ living probate ♦ Manuscript, Mile-post ♦ Paper or parchment, Procession, Projective Techniques ♦ RUSSIA ♦ Smoke, Snow ♦ Wafer, Wedding, Wings, Wrecks ♦ Yew Tree. (references) |
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Screenplays | Until then, there must be no tears, no fears, no anxieties. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) Oh the shame of the polar bear who fears the water. (Balto; writing credit: David Cohen; Elana Lesser) Some fears are too great to be ignored, too relentless to flee. (The Hunger; writing credit: Gerald Wexler) | |
Lyrics | 'Cause when I chased my fears away (I Made It Through The Rain; performing artist: Barry Manilow) All my hopes through my fears (From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart; performing artist: Britney Spears) But you must overcome your fears (Time (Clock Of The Heart); performing artist: Culture Club) Bring you fears stay secure (Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman; performing artist: D'Angelo) Go ahead release your fears (You Gotta Be; performing artist: Des'ree) | |
Clever | Even the boldest zebra fears the hungry lion. (references; author: unknown) An optimist believes we live in the best of all worlds. A pessimist fears this is true. (references; author: unknown) The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Early Homosexual Fears (1974) Kid Fears (2002) Face Your Fears Now or Never (2000) Hidden Fears (1993) When I Have Fears (1991) | |
Song Titles | Head Over Heels (performing artist: Tears For Fears) Shout (performing artist: Tears For Fears) Sowing The Seeds Of Love (performing artist: Tears For Fears) Everybody Wants To Rule The World (performing artist: Tears For Fears) | |
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 | Little things mean much, Privacy is a treasure, Pain can be shared... and fears lifted. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Of past regrets and future fears -- Omar. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | New fears #5. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Andrew Jackson | Never take counsel of your fears. |
Arthur Hugh Clough | If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars. |
Confucius | True gold fears not the fire. |
George Herbert | Call in thy death's head there: tie up thy fears. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. |
Ovid | Love is full of anxious fears. |
Richard Baxter | Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring. |
William Penn | He that lives to forever, never fears dying. |
William Shakespeare | Present fears are less than horrible imaginings. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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John Locke | 1690 | This makes him willing to quit a condition, which, however free, is full of fears and continual dangers: and it is not without reason, that he seeks out, and is willing to join in society with others, who are already united, or have a mind to unite, for the mutual preservation of their lives, liberties and estates, which I call by the general name, property. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | I can allow for the fears of the child, but not of the man. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | She conquered her fears, and spoke. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Thenardier had conquered his last fears, or his last scruples, and was moving towards the prisoner. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | One would say that even the prophets and redeemers had rather consoled the fears than confirmed the hopes of man. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Talk about your feelings and your fears. (references) | |
You may have fears or feel overwhelmed by your situation. (references) | ||
The earlier fears of irreversible renal damage now seem to be unwarranted. (references) | ||
Business | Security fears still remain the major stumbling block to introducing full e-commerce functionality of web sites. (references) | |
Fears have been expressed that Thai subcontractors hired to install environmental technology systems attempt to reverse engineer designs and technologies. (references) | ||
The situation worsened with the real depreciation of the Brazilian currency since it was floated in January 1999. This raised fears that the local market would be flooded with imports from that country, a partner in the MERCOSUR customs union. (references) | ||
Children | Cambodia | This particularly affects girls because of fears for their safety in traveling between their homes and schools. (references) |
Venezuela | Fears of entanglement with the authorities and societal ingrained attitudes regarding family privacy lead to underreporting of child abuse. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Haiti | He sent his family out of the country because of fears for their safety. (references) |
Economic History | Ukraine | As of mid-2001, these fears appeared to have been unfounded. (references) |
Japan | This prompted fears of a hollowing-out of Japanese industry. (references) | |
Croatia | Furthermore, inflation and unemployment rose, and the kuna fell, inciting fears of devaluation. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belize | Defendants have the right to be present at their trial unless the opposing party fears for his or her safety. (references) |
Guatemala | FAMDEGUA representatives stated that investigations are stalled partially due to fears of reprisal that prevent the victims' families from actively pursuing the cases. (references) | |
Minorities | India | He said that fears of forced conversion were not credible. (references) |
Political Economy | New Zealand | After a year in office, the Labour coalition government has assuaged initial fears of the business community. (references) |
Sudan | Fears of Arabization and Islamization and the imposition of Shari'a fueled support for the civil war throughout the country. (references) | |
Somalia | A livestock ban, lifted in 2000, was reinstituted by Saudi Arabia because of fears of Rift Valley fever and reportedly because of Saudi political considerations. (references) | |
Trade | Switzerland | The reasons for the rejection were many and varied, but the opposition was successful in casting the vote as a proxy decision on future EU membership and instinctive fears of abandoning neutrality, ceding sovereignty to Brussels, and an unwanted influx of foreigners prevailed. (references) |
Women | Austria | Despite fears of women's rights groups, the Government continued to provide government subsidies to these groups. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | It is almost impossible for foreign women to obtain redress in the courts due to the courts' strict evidentiary rules and the women's and servants' own fears of reprisals. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Yugoslavia | In general job security fears, which stem from the high rate of unemployment, limited workers' willingness to strike. (references) |
Poland | Workers may remove themselves from dangerous working conditions without losing their jobs, but there were reports that fears of such loss prompted some to stay on the job. (references) | |
United Kingdom | Many victims are unwilling to come forward, due to fears of retribution from traffickers, fear of being deported or abused by authorities, or because they cannot speak English well enough. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears. |
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Dennis Miller | I have to admit I'm reluctant to disrobe in a crowded locker room, but I strongly believe that the key to gaining self-confidence is by confronting your fears. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | At this time the efforts of the bank to control public opinion, through the distresses of some and the fears of others, are equally apparent, and, if possible, more objectionable. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | To the hopes of the hostile, the fears of the timid, and the doubts of the anxious actual experience has given the conclusive reply. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | This trial comes at a moment when man's power to achieve good or to inflict evil surpasses the brightest hopes and the sharpest fears of all ages. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I also know it's hard to do the work of citizenship when for years, politicians in both parties have treated you like consumers and spectators, promising you something for nothing and playing on your fears and frustrations. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Our discoveries in Afghanistan confirmed our worst fears, and showed us the true scope of the task ahead. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "FEARS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 82.94% of the time. "FEARS" is used about 2,705 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 82.94% | 2,244 | 3,930 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 15.69% | 425 | 13,445 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.37% | 37 | 56,631 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,705 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "FEARS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fears | Last name | 2,000 | 5,032 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "FEARS". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hagir | N/A | Arabic | One that fears |
| Hajar | N/A | Arabic | One that fears |
| Agar | N/A | Biblical | One that fears |
| Chisloth-tabor | N/A | Biblical | Fears |
| Emims | N/A | Biblical | Fears |
| Hagar | N/A | Biblical | One that fears |
| Hittite | N/A | Biblical | Who fears |
| Jeremoth | N/A | Biblical | One that fears death |
| Jerimoth | N/A | Biblical | He that fears or rejects death |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "FEARS": put off one's fears ♦ ridden by fears ♦ still smb.'s fears. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "FEARS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حير (baffle, befog, bewilder, confound, distract, floor, flummox, fluster, mystify, nonplus, perplex, put off one's fears, puzzle, riddle, vex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fürchtet (awes, dreads), befürchtet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | aggódik vkiért (have fears for sy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 慮り (consideration, thought). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おも"ぱかり (consideration, thought). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | earsfay linişti temerile cuiva (still smb.'s fears). (various references) надуманные страхи (fantastical fears). (various references) högtid (feast, festival). (various references) kuruntu (chimera, cobweb, delusion, fancy, fantasy, hip, hypochondria, imagination, misgiving, phantasy, shyness, specter, spectre, the dismals, unfounded suspicion, vapor, vapour, vision), kuşku (disbelief, distrust, doubt, impeachment, misgiving, quandary, query, question, surmise, suspicion, uneasiness), kaygı (anxiety, apprehension, care, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, fear, inquietude, perturbation, preoccupation, solicitude, worry), endişe (agitation, angst, anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, doubt, fear, fret, inquietude, perturbation, preoccupation, qualm, scruple, solicitude, stew, suspense, uneasiness, worry), şüphe (disbelief, discredit, doubt, dubiousness, haze, if, impeachment, incertitude, misdoubt, mistrust, query, question, surmise, suspicion, uncertainty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Corinthians Chapter 7, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai gar elqontwn hmwn eiV makedonian oudemian eschken anesin h sarx hmwn all en panti qlibomenoi exwqen macai eswqen foboi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nam et cum venissemus Macedoniam nullam requiem habuit caro nostra sed omnem tribulationem passi foris pugnae intus timores |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For whanne we weren comun to Macedonye, oure fleisch hadde no reste, but we suffriden al tribulacioun; with outforth fiytingis, and dredis with ynne. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For when we were come into Macedonia oure flesshe had no rest but we were troubled on every syde. Outwarde was fightynge inwarde was feare. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For, when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside. |
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| Language | 2 Corinthians Chapter 7, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kay bisan sa amo nang paghidangat sa Macedonia, ang among mga lawas wala makakaplag ug pahulay, hinonoa, gisakit kini bisan asa kami liso--pakigbugno sa gawas, ug kahadlok sa sulod. |
| Croatian | Doista, i kada doðosmo u Makedoniju, nikakva spokoja nije imalo tijelo naše, nego nevolje odasvud: izvana borbe, iznutra strepnje. |
| Danish | Thi også da vi kom til Makedonien, havde vort Kød ingen Ro, men vi trængtes på alle Måder: udadtil Kampe, indadtil Angster. |
| Dutch | Want ook, als wij in Macedonie gekomen zijn, zo heeft ons vlees geen rust gehad; maar wij waren in alles verdrukt; van buiten was strijd, van binnen vrees. |
| Finnish | Sillä ei Makedoniaan tultuammekaan lihamme saanut mitään rauhaa, vaan me olimme kaikin tavoin ahdistetut: ulkoapäin taisteluja, sisältäpäin pelkoa. |
| French | Car, depuis notre arrivée en Macédoine, notre chair n`eut aucun repos; nous étions affligés de toute manière: luttes au dehors, craintes au dedans. |
| German | Denn da wir nach Mazedonien kamen, hatte unser Fleisch keine Ruhe; sondern allenthalben waren wir in Trübsal: auswendig Streit, inwendig Furcht. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika kami tiba di Makedonia pun, kami sama sekali tidak sempat melepaskan lelah. Dari segala segi kami mendapat kesulitan: dari pihak lain pertengkaran, dari dalam hati sendiri ketakutan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena tatkala kami tiba di Makedonia, maka diri kami tiadalah juga terlepas, melainkan disusahkan di dalam segala sesuatu, yaitu dari luar perkelahian, dari dalam ketakutan. |
| Italian | Infatti, da quando siamo giunti in Macedonia, la nostra carne non ha avuto sollievo alcuno, ma da ogni parte siamo tribolati: battaglie all'esterno, timori al di dentro. |
| Latvian | Jo, kad nonâcâm Maíedonijâ, mûsu miesai nebija nekâda miera, bet izcietâm visâdas bçdas: no ârienes uzbrukumus, iekðienç bailes. |
| Maori | ¶ I to matou taenga mai hoki ki Makeronia, kihai i whai okiokinga to matou kikokiko, heoi mate ana matou i nga taha katoa; i waho ko nga whawhai, i roto ko nga mataku. |
| Norwegian | For heller ikke da vi kom til Makedonia, hadde vårt kjød nogen ro, men vi trengtes på alle måter: utenfor oss var strid, inneni oss frykt; |
| Portuguese | Porque, mesmo quando chegamos Macedônia, a nossa carne não teve repouso algum; antes em tudo fomos atribulados: por fora combates, temores por dentro. |
| Rumanian | Cqci wi dupq venirea noastrq kn Macedonia, trupul nostru n`a avut nicio odihnq. Am fost necqjiyi kn toate chipurile: de afarq lupte, dinlquntru temeri. |
| Shuar | ¶ Jui Masetúnianum penké ayamprachmaji. Antsu ti Wáitsamji. Aentsnumia itiurchat Wáinkiamji, tura ii Enentáijiainkia ashamkamji. |
| Spanish | Cuando vinimos a Macedonia, ningún reposo tuvo nuestro cuerpo; más bien, en todo fuimos atribulados: de fuera conflictos, de dentro temores. |
| Swahili | Hata baada ya kufika Makedonia hatukuweza kupumzika. Kila upande tulikabiliwa na taabu: nje ugomvi; ndani hofu. |
| Swedish | Ty väl fingo vi till köttet ingen ro, icke ens sedan vi hade kommit till Macedonien, utan vi voro på allt sätt i trångmål, utifrån genom strider, inom oss genom farhågor; |
| Uma | ¶ |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FEARS": fearsome, fearsomely, fearsomeness, fearsomenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "FEARS": overfears. (additional references) | |
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"FEARS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: efar, faer, farrs, Fars, feabs, feals, feans, feare, fearh, fearn, Fearns, fearse, feart, feary, feas, feash, feers, fehr, Fehrs, feira, feiris, Feirus, fera, ferals, Ferards, feres, Fers, fersc, ferz, fiars, Freers, Fucares. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FEARS" (pronounced fi"rz) |
| 4 | f i" r z | interferes, spheres. |
| 3 | -i" r z | adheres, appears, arrears, auctioneers, bandoliers, beers, budgeteers, careers, cashiers, cavaliers, cheers, clears, conventioneers, disappears, ears, electioneers, engineers, financiers, frontiers, gears, gondoliers, hears, marketeers, mutineers, nears, peers, piers, pioneers, premieres, premiers, profiteers, queers, racketeers, reappears, rears, Sears, smears, sneers, souvenirs, spears, Speirs, steers, summiteers, veers, viers, volunteers, years. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: fares, safer. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-r-s" | |
-1 letter: ares, arfs, arse, ears, eras, fare, fear, frae, rase, refs, safe, sear, sera, serf. | |
-2 letters: are, arf, ars, ear, efs, era, ers, far, fas, fer, ras, ref, res, sae, sea, ser. | |
-3 letters: ae, ar, as, ef, er, es, fa, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-r-s" | |
+1 letter: afresh, afters, facers, faders, fakers, falser, farces, farers, farles, faster, ferias, feuars, flares, fraise, frames, freaks, strafe, wafers. | |
+2 letters: afreets, agrafes, carafes, chafers, defrays, earfuls, fablers, faeries, fairest, fairies, fakeers, fallers, falters, fanners, farcers, farcies, fardels, farfels, farmers, farness, farside, fasters, fathers, fawners, fearers, feaster, fedoras, felspar, ferbams, ferulas, fiacres, flakers, flamers, flasher, flayers, foamers, forages, foresaw, forsake, fraises, framers, frappes, frasses, fraters, freesia, fretsaw, furanes, gaffers, hafters, infares, loafers, prefabs, raffles, rafters, refaces, refalls, refusal, restaff, safrole, scarfed, serfage, staffer, strafed, strafer, strafes, surface, wafters, zaffers, zaffres. | |
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