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microfears

microfears is the plural of microfear.

Meaning of microfear

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

Questions about microfears

What is microfears the plural of?
Microfears is the plural of microfear.

Words near microfears in the dictionary

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

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