deep fear
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdeepandfear
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deep
adjective
uk/diːp/us/diːp/
going or being a long way down from the top or surface, or being of a particular distance from the top to ...
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fear
noun[C or U]
uk/fɪər/us/fɪr/
an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or ...
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(Definition ofdeepandfearfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Direct responses to the situation reflecteddeepfearand trepidation.
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Mayenberg's writings betray adeepfearof the degradation and plutocratization of countryside and nobility.
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At the time, there was high tension anddeepfear, and with good cause.
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It is indeed a real annoyance, and on occasions reallydeepfearis experienced.
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There is a verydeepfearof going to court because of the kind of attacks that could be made against women by solicitors.
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I have adeepfearthat if we legislate in haste, we shall repent at leisure.
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There is still adeepfearof addressing the taboo of mental health and there is still a stigma attached to it.
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There isdeepfearand concern that we must take fully into account in coming to a decision.
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Was it because of those who haddeepfearand concern for people who are paying television rentals under existing contracts?
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For more than a week following the outrages considerable apprehension and quitedeepfearwas felt in the city.
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No wonder there isdeepfearabout whether there will be an industrial and commercial base to catch the upturn in trade.
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Mydeepfearis that it may be a matter of years before such an authority, so constituted, is available.
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Behind all that loomed, and still looms, thedeepfearand loathing of civil war.
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In those circumstances should we be surprised that loyalty, which has often been a real factor in our industrial life, is replaced bydeepfear?
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There is a new ambition, which is right, and adeepfear, which is wrong.
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Even here, in this country, with some protection from distance, there is fear,deepfear.
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That is my verydeepfear.
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That is mydeepfear.
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The other thing she made very clear was thedeepfearof those who have been released but who, unlike her, have been unable to leave the country.
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The area generates verydeepfear.
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