FEARED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

feared

verb

Definition of feared next

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

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Recent Examples of feared Many Republicans continue to paint the mayor as a radical to be feared. —

Leila Fadel, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026 Artemis 2's return to Earth went a lot more smoothly than some folks had feared. —

Mike Wall, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2026 Democrats feared their crowded field might shut them out of runoff. —

Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026 Many Hungarians, and others across Europe who were closely watching the election, had feared that a simple majority for Tisza would have been inadequate to truly transform Orbán’s system. —

Justin Spike, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for feared

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worried

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Animal rights activists questioned whether the wolf could survive outside the zoo and also worried it might be killed during capture, something that happened to a puma that escaped from the same zoo in 2018.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
But, this year, Republicans in Washington have worried that Trump’s nationwide gains with Latinos in 2024 might be reversed, or at least diminished, by his crackdown on immigrants.

— Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026