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
Gibson plays Detective Boswell, while Keitel stars as feared crime boss Dante.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
The six-episode limited series fictionalizes the rise and fall of the sisters Arcángela and Serafina Baladro, who built an empire of brothels and became infamous for being the most ruthless and feared serial killers in the country.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Andrew Neil, former Sunday Times editor and the founding chair of Sky TV, told the BBC that Murdoch had feared that after his death Lachlan would be outvoted by his siblings.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
But much like Howard Jarvis feared, the tax-and-spend interests have sought to destroy Proposition 13 ever since, most recently by persuading courts to carve loopholes in its constitutional protections and invent new ways for government agencies to raise revenue.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
The six-episode limited series fictionalizes the rise and fall of the sisters Arcángela and Serafina Baladro, who built an empire of brothels and became infamous for being the most ruthless and feared serial killers in the country.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Andrew Neil, former Sunday Times editor and the founding chair of Sky TV, told the BBC that Murdoch had feared that after his death Lachlan would be outvoted by his siblings.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
But much like Howard Jarvis feared, the tax-and-spend interests have sought to destroy Proposition 13 ever since, most recently by persuading courts to carve loopholes in its constitutional protections and invent new ways for government agencies to raise revenue.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feared
worried
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Traders worried about inflation tend to pour money in gold, which some believe holds an intrinsic value that hedges against rising prices.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Some scientists worried such accidents might genuinely threaten our existence.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Feared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feared. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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