TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “fear

Hear “fear” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for fear

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of fear with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
The Humane Economyin fear, because they've been brutalized with a bull hook
Definition summary
(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce fear

The Humane Economy

in fear, because they've been brutalized with a bull hook

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “fear

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
  • (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone in particular.
  • (countable) Something one is afraid of; the object of one’s fear.
  • (uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
  • (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.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
  • (intransitive) To feel fear.
  • (intransitive) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for [with for].
  • (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
  • (transitive) To regret.
  • (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
  • (obsolete, transitive) To be anxious or solicitous for.
  • (obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.
  • [Adjective]
  • (dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

Practice Nearby Words

fearfulness, dread, fright, care, concern, venerate, reverence, revere, terror, worried, horror, scare, frighten, frightened, scared, trepidation, afraid, spooky, panicked, anxiety, worry, intimidation, distress, awe, angst, anguish, astonishment, amazement, threat, dizziness, startle, vertigo, tremble, freak, creepy, danger, suspicion, suspect, risk, duress, subject, bang, feel, alarm, apprehension, apprehend, suck, save, think, stink, servility, sweat, believe, terrorism, spectre, specter, foreboding, terrorist, bong, topic, theme, redoubt, phobia, teme, gold, panic, concerns, sucked, worries, jitters, consternation, unease, misgiving, dismay, fearful, loathing, uncertainty, despair, nervousness, paranoia, uneasiness, mistrust, hatred, revulsion, distrust, embarrassment, scares, anger, doubt, trepidations, hate, discomfort, resentment, sadness, fearlessness, ambivalence, hesitance, shame, helplessness, apprehensiveness

Similar Sounds

fear, fier, fiere, feere, pheer, phir, fair, fare, fer, faire, fere, ferr, ferre, fehr, phare, phair, phear, fire, for, far, four, fore, foyer, foor, feer, farr, forr, fower, fayre, faar, phar, faur, faure, foer, pharr, ffar, fuhr, fyr, foar, fyre, fahr, fuir, pfarr, pfor, phyre, feier, fuar, fish, fears, fierce, feared, fizz, fir, fisher, filler, fitter, fissure, fiz, fleur, fibber, figger, fischer, fizzer, finner, fleer, fih, fearer, fisch, flar, firre, fiero, fler, fieri, ficker, fierro, fira, fiers, flir, flear, feur, fisser, firo, ficher, fiera, filar, fiw, f-word, fej, fcr, fgr, flere, ffr, fhr, fdor, fgar, firp, fjr