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microfear

microfear noun: a small amount of fear.

Noun

microfear (usually uncountable, plural microfears)

  1. (informal, neologism, usually) A small amount of fear.
    • And he told The New York Times that when he recently looked over Katie Couric's 2007 60 Minutes interview with Yankee infielder Alex Rodriguez, in which he denies using performance-enhancing drugs, Ekman spotted a hint of "microfear" around Rodriguez's lips when Couric asked if he was ever tempted...2009 February 21, Hannah Hoag, “Reading the fine print of the human face”, in Toronto Star

Forms of microfear

pluralmicrofears

Origin of microfear

From micro- + fear.

Questions about microfear

What does microfear mean?
Microfear means a small amount of fear.
What part of speech is microfear?
Microfear is a noun.
What is the plural of microfear?
The plural of microfear is microfears.

Words near microfear in the dictionary

  1. microfaults
  2. microfauna
  3. microfaunae
  4. microfaunal
  5. microfaunas
  6. microfear
  7. microfears
  8. microfeatural
  9. microfeature
  10. microfeatures
  11. microfelsitic

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