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
Starches in legumes are not to be feared.
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Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 8 May 2026
Because sugar plantations were so large and enslaved populations were so preponderant, whites feared that any tumult would end with their heads on pikes.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
But police feared more dangerous repercussions.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Four years later, his old friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) arrives to rescue him from himself, carting him down to Rio, where Rayburn is working for a security company on a construction site — there is a presidential election coming, and protests are feared.
—Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2026
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Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 8 May 2026
Because sugar plantations were so large and enslaved populations were so preponderant, whites feared that any tumult would end with their heads on pikes.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
But police feared more dangerous repercussions.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Four years later, his old friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) arrives to rescue him from himself, carting him down to Rio, where Rayburn is working for a security company on a construction site — there is a presidential election coming, and protests are feared.
—Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feared
worried
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Still, Davies is worried the demand for compute far outstrips capabilities to repurpose waste heat, and could lead to more data center construction that would further burden environmental capacity versus extend it.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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Those earlier polls left some Democratic Party leaders worried that Democrats might get shut out entirely from the general election.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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“Feared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feared. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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