overfear

ˌoʊvərˈfɪr

Definition

Definition of overfear - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

excessive fear

Rare

fear excessively beyond what is reasonable

Rare

She tends to overfear the consequences of her actions.

dread

fret

worry

psychology

Rare

to cause someone to fear too much

Rare

The haunted house was designed to overfear its visitors.

frighten

terrify

Noun

intense fear

Rare

excessive fear beyond normal levels

Rare

His overfear of spiders kept him indoors.

dread

phobia

terror

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Examples of overfear in a sentence

Parents often overfear for their children's safety.
The horror movie aims to overfear its audience.
The eerie silence was enough to overfear the children.
The overfear of failure paralyzed him during exams.
Her overfear of heights stopped her from hiking.

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French:craindre excessivement, peur excessive, ...
German:übermäßig fürchten, übermäßige Angst, ...
Italian:temere eccessivamente, paura eccessiva, ...
Spanish:temer en exceso, miedo excesivo, ...
Portuguese:temer excessivamente, medo excessivo, ...
Chinese:过度担心, 恐惧过度, ...
Japanese:過度に恐れる, 過度の恐怖, ...
Arabic:خافَ بِشِدَّة, خَوْف مُفْرِط, ...
Hebrew:לִפְחֹד יוֹתֵר מִדַּי, פַּחַד מוּגְזָם, ...
Russian:чрезмерно бояться, чрезмерный страх, ...
Ukrainian:надмірно боятися, надмірний страх, ...
Hindi:अत्यधिक डरना, अत्यधिक डर, ...
Bengali:অতিরিক্ত ভয় করা, অতিরিক্ত ভয়, ...
Catalan:témer excessivament, por excessiva, ...
Czech:obávat se, nadměrný strach, ...
Danish:frygte overdrevent, overdreven frygt, ...
Dutch:overmatig vrezen, overmatige angst, ...
Greek:φοβάμαι υπερβολικά, υπερβολικός φόβος, ...
Hungarian:rettegni, túlzott félelem, ...
Khmer:ភ័យហួសហេតុ, ការភ័យខ្លាចហួសហេតុ, ...
Korean:과도하게 두려워하다, 과도한 두려움, ...
Persian:بیش از حد ترسید, ترس بیش از حد, ...
Polish:nadmiernie się bać, nadmierny strach, ...
Portuguese (BR):temer excessivamente, medo excessivo, ...
Romanian:a se teme excesiv, frică excesivă, ...
Swedish:överdrivet frukta, överdriven rädsla, ...
Thai:กลัวเกินเหตุ, ความกลัวเกินเหตุ, ...
Turkish:korkmak, aşırı korku, ...
Vietnamese:sợ hãi quá mức, nỗi sợ hãi quá mức, ...

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