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Verbs of fearing can be used in three different ways: fear of a person or thing, fear of performing an action and fear of an event occurring. Fear of a person or thing is expressed using a verb of fearing (e.g. timeo) and a noun, either in the dative or the accusative.
The term is a piece of computer humor entered into the 1981 The Devil's DP Dictionary. [47] Anatidaephobia – the fictional fear that one is being watched by a duck. The word comes from the name of the family Anatidae, and was used in Gary Larson's The Far Side. [48] Anoraknophobia – a portmanteau of "anorak" and "arachnophobia".
So is an English word that, apart from its other uses, has become increasingly popular in recent years as a coordinating conjunctive opening word in a sentence. This device is particularly used when answering questions although the questioner may also use the device. So may also be used to end sentences. When ending a sentence, it may be:
Autophobia is closely related to monophobia, isolophobia, and eremophobia, however, it varies slightly in definition. According to the Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, eremophobia is a morbid fear of being isolated. [21] In contrast, The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary defines autophobia as a morbid fear of solitude or one's self. [1]
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word coward came into English from the Old French word coart (modern French couard), which is a combination of the word for "tail" (Modern French queue, Latin cauda) and an agent noun suffix.
To be afraid is to have the emotional response of fear to threats or danger. Afraid may also refer to: Afraid, 2024 American film "Afraid" (Mötley Crüe song), 1997 "Afraid" (The Neighbourhood song), 2013 "Afraid" (David Bowie song), 2002 "Afraid", a song by Vanessa Hudgens, from her 2006 debut album, V
I Am Afraid was released theatrically in Italy on 6 October 1977 where it was distributed by C.I.C. [1] It grossed a total of 1,708,460,918 Italian lira on its domestic release. [1] The film was shown at the 1977 Taormina Film Fest .
"Stop. Change that to say, 'I am yet in the land of the dying, but I hope soon to be in the land of the living.'" [75] [note 97] — John Owen, English Nonconformist church leader and theologian (24 August 1683), when his secretary had written "I am still in the land of the living" in a letter in his name "I know that my Redeemer liveth.