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

Brent crude oil jumped to nearly $110 per barrel after the pipeline shut, but prices have pulled back as investor confidence grows that the outage has been less disruptive than originally feared. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Leigh feared the tracks might be too arch, too pretentious, too insincere. — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

The Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany -- When Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz at the start of the war, choking off sea passage for some 15 million barrels of oil a day, many feared that prices would skyrocket, cratering the world economy. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

At the start of the war, many economists and analysts feared that the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz would provoke an acute energy crisis and economic downturn, or worse. — Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026

The trustees feared that if something happened to him, his heir apparent, Robert Kahn, would replace him, and it was known that Kahn had Zionistic inclinations. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

No exploitation was depicted here, no brutal birth of empire, no hint of a Catholic faith that the society, and most Americans, feared and abhorred. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

Many journalists feared coming out for the sake of their careers and personal safety. — Kat Tran, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Throughout his career, Zahnd was known as a tough-on-crime prosecutor who was feared by criminals and popular with voters. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026