fear
- sense 1: be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event; "I fear she might get aggressive"
- fear
- sense 2: be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
- fear dread
- sense 3: be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement; "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party"
- fear
- regret
- inform
- communicate intercommunicate
- sense 4: be uneasy or apprehensive about; "I fear the results of the final exams"
- fear
- sense 5: regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
- reverence fear revere venerate
- respect esteem value prize prise
- see consider reckon view regard
- think believe consider conceive