: producing fear in others
feared enemies
the most feared teacher in school
: regarded with fear
trying to avert a feared outcome
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But how had the Israeli military—with its highly feared and technologically superior army—been so completely taken by surprise?
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Meredith Wolf Schizer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The rep clarified that Zecca’s feared state of mind is not due to guilt after Anthony was fatally shot in the neck at their Naples home — for which no arrests have been made — but grief.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
Once a fringe militia born of revolution, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has grown into the regime’s most feared and powerful force.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
Gregory heads to South Africa for his most audacious mission yet: the wild waters here are a hotspot for one of the ocean’s most famous and feared predators, the great white shark.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 28 June 2025
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Meredith Wolf Schizer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The rep clarified that Zecca’s feared state of mind is not due to guilt after Anthony was fatally shot in the neck at their Naples home — for which no arrests have been made — but grief.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
Once a fringe militia born of revolution, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has grown into the regime’s most feared and powerful force.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
Gregory heads to South Africa for his most audacious mission yet: the wild waters here are a hotspot for one of the ocean’s most famous and feared predators, the great white shark.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for feared
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“Feared.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feared. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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