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overfear

overfear verb: to fear excessively; to be too afraid of.

Verb

overfear (third-person singular simple present overfears, present participle overfearing, simple past and past participle overfeared)

  1. (transitive) To fear excessively; to be too afraid of.

Forms of overfear

third-person singular presentoverfears
present participleoverfearing
past participleoverfeared
pastoverfeared

Origin of overfear

From over- + fear.

Questions about overfear

What does overfear mean?
Overfear means to fear excessively; to be too afraid of.
What part of speech is overfear?
Overfear is a verb.
What is the past tense of overfear?
The past tense of overfear is overfeared.

Words near overfear in the dictionary

  1. overfavours
  2. overfawn
  3. overfawned
  4. overfawning
  5. overfawns
  6. overfear
  7. overfeared
  8. overfearful
  9. overfearfulness
  10. overfearing
  11. overfears

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