Fear and Nerve

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Fear

Fear noun - The emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger.
Usage example: the sight of the headless horseman filled the schoolmaster with fear
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Synonyms for Fear
Antonyms for Fear
Nerve is an antonym for fear.
Nearby Words: fearful, fearless, fearsome, fearfully, fearlessness

Nerve

Nerve noun - Shameless boldness.
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Synonyms for Nerve
Antonyms for Nerve
Fear is an antonym for nerve in topics: daring, strengthen.
Nearby Words: nervous, nervy, nerveless, nerved, nervation
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How words are described

old old fear old nerve
good good fear good nerve
pure pure fear pure nerve
particular particular fear particular nerve
Other adjectives: specific, sheer, open, real, big, great, little, major, general.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Half-Life It becomes extremely narrow in places and can be nerve-wracking for people with a fear of heights.
    Source: Video Game / Half-Life
  • She loses her nerve and ends up walking away after stammering out a "hi" each time, and her suspicious behaviour causes Qiu Tong avoid her, out of fear that Sun Jing wants to beat her up.
    Source: Can Not Spit It Out
  • You Devil, when the Devil (George Burns) loses his nerve in a poker showdown with God (also George Burns), God comments, "I put the fear of me  God into you."
    Source: Hold Your Hippogriffs
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Antonyms for nerve

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