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  • past participle of fear.
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feared

[feerd] / fɪərd /
ADJECTIVE
worrisome
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
unfeared


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Willis says he thought the work might protect the relatively small studio - which employed about 200 people at its Texas HQ - from the feared cuts.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

In fact, the most memorable contribution from the world’s most feared goal scorer was to cost his side a goal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

When Kirchner vanished in November, his own comrades feared the worst.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

“The incremental cost may not be as high as feared, while the incremental high-margin revenue opportunity may be larger than we — and the Street — previously underwrote.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

She always feared that one day she’d get in trouble for ratting out Mr. Pepperhorn, and now it was actually happening.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega



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