great fear

  • 1great fear — index panic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2Great Fear — The Great Fear ( fr. la Grande Peur) occurred from July 20 to August 5, 1789 in France at the start of the French Revolution. Rural unrest had been present in France since the worsening grain shortage of the spring, and the grain supplies were… …

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  • 3great fear — awesome fear, terrible fright …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 4Great Fear — (1789) In the French Revolution, a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumors of an aristocratic conspiracy by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate. The gathering of troops around Paris provoked insurrection …

    Universalium

  • 5Fear — Fear, n. [OE. fer, feer, fere, AS. f[=ae]r a coming suddenly upon, fear, danger; akin to D. vaar, OHG. f[=a]ra danger, G. gefahr, Icel. f[=a]r harm, mischief, plague, and to E. fare, peril. See {Fare}.] 1. A painful emotion or passion excited by… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6fear\ and\ trembling — • fear and trembling • fear and trepidation n. phr. Great fear. He came in fear and trembling to tell his father he had a bad report card …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 7fear\ and\ trepidation — • fear and trembling • fear and trepidation n. phr. Great fear. He came in fear and trembling to tell his father he had a bad report card …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 8great — greatness, n. /grayt/, adj., greater, greatest, adv., n., pl. greats, (esp. collectively) great, interj. adj. 1. unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city …

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  • 9fear and trembling — or[fear and trepidation] {n. phr.} Great fear. * /He came in fear and trembling to tell his father he had a bad report card./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 10fear and trembling — or[fear and trepidation] {n. phr.} Great fear. * /He came in fear and trembling to tell his father he had a bad report card./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms