fear for sb/sth
formal— phrasal verb with fear uk/fɪər/us/fɪr/verb
to be worried about something, or to be worried that someone is in danger:
Her parents fear for her safety.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Afraid
- afraid
- be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights idiom
- bottle
- bottle out
- cower
- fear the worst idiom
- fearfully
- in terror of your life idiom
- intimidated
- panic
- panic-stricken
- panicky
- pants
- petrified
- quake
- terrified
- terror
- terror-stricken
- unconfident
- worst
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