Synonyms of feared

feared

verb

past tense of fear

as in worried

to experience concern or anxiety

her friends feared that she was dating a guy who was all wrong for her

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worried
• fretted
• troubled
• stressed
• bothered
• stewed
• fussed
• sweat
• sweat blood
• longed
• gave a hang
• agonized
• yearned
• despaired
• pined
• chafed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepted
• tolerated
• endured
• took
• sustained
• bore
• stuck out
• abided
• stomached

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of feared

In the immediate aftermath of Jose’s arrest, his family feared he would be quickly deported. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

On Thursday alone, the maker of Kleenex and Huggies reported better-than-feared preliminary results for its third quarter, and Chinese authorities pushed back on social-media claims that have hurt diaper sales in the country. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

But once Moscow demonstrated its ability to launch intercontinental rockets, Europeans feared that the United States would no longer be willing to use nuclear weapons to prevent a Soviet invasion of Europe. — Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

Although she was initially brought on as a part-time panelist — and Walters, according to Ramin Setoodeh’s book on the show’s history, Ladies Who Punch, feared Behar might All About Eve her — Behar was soon given a permanent seat at the table. — Brock Colyar, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Native American leaders feared the state's largest Dakota language archives had been lost. — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

The lesson of social media is not that transformative technologies should be feared. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

The officers feared one of these unvetted women might be carrying a recorder to set up in a bedroom, or, worse, might take it upon herself to harm the president or someone in his inner circle. — Laurence Leamer, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026

At the root of witch persecution was the notion that witches’ sexuality was the thing most to be feared about them, the thing most urgently to be tested, chastened, and destroyed. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026