feared

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Verb

Plain form fear

Third-person singular fears

Past tense feared

Past participle feared

Present participle fearing

1. The past tense and past participle of fear.

   I have always feared that I would grow old alone.

   That CEO is feared by everyone else at the company.

Adjective

Positive feared

Comparative more feared

Superlative most feared

1. If someone or something is feared, it causes great fear in others.

   He is the most feared manager at the company.