fear

Naija

Alternative forms

• shame 0.72 251, worry 0.64 960, vex 0.63 1206, hungry 0.61 182, shout 0.59 350, believe 0.57 1742, laugh 0.57 233, blame 0.56 265, tink 0.55 588

Etymology

Borrowed from English fear

Pronunciation

• fjɛ̂

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 14
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 582
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1170
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 317

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

fear: a feeling of danger -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Na fear make you dey run so o.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:42)

   Only say fear no dey gree me tell person.  — (deuber__5720, __no translation__)

   E go make me feel fear and no dey comfortable.  — (bbc__79022, __no translation__)

3. det (frequency:28)

   but di fear too much  — (deuber__1199, __no translation__)

   This fear na inside am e dey.  — (katakata__539, __no translation__)

4. case (frequency:21)

   I bin dey fear live in fear.  — (bbc__1290, __no translation__)

   Allen no tell her family about di attack because of fear  — (bbc__14170, __no translation__)

5. amod (frequency:8)

   Serious fear don full my body,  — (jw__31994, __no translation__)

   cause serious fear inside community wey people dey live;  — (bbc__102361, __no translation__)

6. nmod (frequency:6)

   Fear of attack  — (bbc__48824, __no translation__)

   She also advise make pipo get fear of god, dey pray and no dey lazy.  — (bbc__88314, __no translation__)

7. cc (frequency:5)

   Research don show say 90 percent of mental health palava na pipo wey dey suffer depression and fear, according to Centre for Mental Health Research and Initiative.  — (bbc__85013, __no translation__)

   Ignatius Kaigama, wey carry di bishops go di Presidential Villa, Abuja, talk say after three years of Buhari government, dem regret say na so-so suffer-suffer of poverty, hunger, insecurity, violence and fear, full di country.  — (bbc__37449, __no translation__)

8. conj (frequency:5)

   Mr Hariri talk say Iran dey plant fear and destruction for plenty countries, even Lebanon.  — (bbc__68280, __no translation__)

   Dis pneumonic plague dey cause fear and panic, sotey chemists don full with people wey dey find antibiotics and face masks.  — (bbc__42500, __no translation__)

9. det-nmod (frequency:4)

   E say family di fear say e don die as tori for mass grave di waka.  — (bbc__45453, __no translation__)

   A fear for ma life as I give statement under torture and for dat kain situation you di accept even weti weh you no do, Aselecha explain.  — (bbc__1027, __no translation__)

10. case-conj (frequency:4)

    According to oga Momodu, pipo dey ginger because of fear and suspicion, wey dem get about di whole mata.  — (bbc__12102, __no translation__)

    But, most of dis cases no dey record becos pipo wey dey suffer from am no dey gree report for hospital sake of fear and shame.  — (bbc__23863, __no translation__)

11. conj-det (frequency:3)

    For Muea road deh discover die body and resident say all man don vanish as deh di fear say army go fit kam back for revenge.  — (bbc__50477, __no translation__)

    Di one wey worry pipo pass according to Dikwa, na di fear and harassment wey dem dey create for pipo mind wen dem dey march.  — (bbc__36776, __no translation__)

12. dep-det (frequency:2)

    Tori be say na di fear of di Jungelers dey keep Jammeh in control of Gambia.  — (bbc__95199, __no translation__)

    Meanwhile, di fear of sey Nigerians no go patronise you, sey, na di Obodo Oyinbo pattern dey want patronise.  — (NST_cleaned__7050, __no translation__)

13. acl-det (frequency:2)

    Di fear of being on di wrong side of di law go put everyone in check, according to Akinboboye.  — (bbc__34380, __no translation__)

    Katakata don take chair shiddon for Anglophone regions dem since 2016, some pikin dem di fear for go school, deh don burn school and government forces di fight with secessionist di make life difficult for young pipo.  — (bbc__62021, __no translation__)

14. amod-det (frequency:2)

    One kind fear just come enter their body.  — (jw__36840, __no translation__)

    Anita, wey dey 75 years get that kind fear before.  — (jw__16970, __no translation__)

15. nmod:poss (frequency:2)

    Na my fear be dat o,  — (NST_cleaned__15838, __no translation__)

    Inside statement wey im release, di traditional ruler express im fear say bandits, kidnappers and kili-kili pipo don take over di south west region.  — (bbc__60243, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• shame 0.72 251, worry 0.64 960, vex 0.63 1206, hungry 0.61 182, shout 0.59 350, believe 0.57 1742, laugh 0.57 233, blame 0.56 265, tink 0.55 588

Antonymes

• shame 0.72 251, worry 0.64 960, vex 0.63 1206, hungry 0.61 182, shout 0.59 350, believe 0.57 1742, laugh 0.57 233, blame 0.56 265, tink 0.55 588

Translations

• English: a feeling of danger

Verb

fear: to be afraid of something -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I no dey fear you.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:136)

   Fear  — (jw__10552, __no translation__)

   Fear don full.  — (KAD_23_Christians-In-Kaduna_DG__23, Fear was full.)

3. mark (frequency:41)

   Cure for fear  — (bbc__26544, __no translation__)

   You no just need to fear,  — (jw__47769, __no translation__)

4. advmod (frequency:15)

   No fear.  — (IBA_22_School-Children_DG__180, Don't be afraid.)

   No fear, no fear.  — (IBA_22_School-Children_DG__187, Don't be afraid, don't be afraid.)

5. obj (frequency:14)

   Fear am?  — (deuber__6536, __no translation__)

   Why we no suppose fear people wey don die?  — (jw__46954, __no translation__)

6. mark-obj (frequency:11)

   Why we no need to fear Satan?  — (jw__46952, __no translation__)

   Jesus talk sey: ‘No fear people.  — (jw__27198, __no translation__)

7. aux-obj (frequency:9)

   Na im make dem dey fear us.  — (ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__119, That is why they are afraid of us.)

   Na so im pikin them dey fear am.  — (katakata__533, __no translation__)

8. obl:arg (frequency:8)

   Joseph comot fear for mind go meet Pilate.  — (jw__17529, __no translation__)

   Wetin go help you comot fear for your mind?  — (jw__42156, __no translation__)

9. nsubj (frequency:7)

   I sup~, I fear,  — (NST_cleaned__7841, __no translation__)

   Sometimes, body fit tire you or something fit make you fear.  — (jw__33024, __no translation__)

10. aux-mark (frequency:7)

    E come start to dey fear.  — (jw__29992, __no translation__)

    Person wey dey fear, dey stigmatise people.  — (bbc__17135, __no translation__)

11. aux (frequency:6)

    We no go need to come dey fear,  — (jw__40186, __no translation__)

    Na the truth no dey make us dey fear.  — (jw__26227, __no translation__)

12. conj (frequency:4)

    But e still get other things for life wey fit make person fear or worry.  — (jw__7935, __no translation__)

    Since na fear make Nicodemus come meet Jesus for night, the way Jesus take end the discussion really make sense.  — (jw__32138, __no translation__)

13. ccomp (frequency:4)

    But fear no stop school, anoda mami say, na shop deh bi lock for ghost town but we di send pikin dem for school.  — (bbc__22691, __no translation__)

    Things like: To dey fear people, fear sey we fit die, fear sey people go suffer us and any other thing to put fear for our body.  — (jw__31336, __no translation__)

14. cc (frequency:3)

    E dey use lie lie and fear.  — (jw__39892, __no translation__)

    What if we dey shame or fear or e dey hard us to tell dem wetin we believe?  — (jw__29340, __no translation__)

15. obl:mod (frequency:2)

    All the things wey dey make us fear today no go dey again.  — (jw__1220, __no translation__)

    We dey for middle, goment di tell we say if we no go for school we don resign, and Ambazonia fighters di threaten we if we go teach, na so one teacher tok dia fear for BBC News Pidgin.  — (bbc__6643, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• shame 0.72 251, worry 0.64 960, vex 0.63 1206, hungry 0.61 182, shout 0.59 350, believe 0.57 1742, laugh 0.57 233, blame 0.56 265, tink 0.55 588

Antonymes

• shame 0.72 251, worry 0.64 960, vex 0.63 1206, hungry 0.61 182, shout 0.59 350, believe 0.57 1742, laugh 0.57 233, blame 0.56 265, tink 0.55 588

Translations

• English: to be afraid of something