Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A variant of
feard .
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Examples
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A repartee with hearers on the word feart vii. sy.
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Americans tend not to be 'feart' when it comes to firearms.
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It had been a cold wet summer; he was 'feart' the owners would think he might have taken more care of some of the animals, especially of the young horses, and he mentioned certain ailments springing from damp and exposure for which he might be held responsible.
The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885
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Salmond wants a referendum, he knows that perhaps now is not the best time, but must do so within his first term, as not to do so will play into the hands of the other parties who will say he is "feart".
Army Rumour Service 2009
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Salmond wants a referendum, he knows that perhaps now is not the best time, but must do so within his first term, as not to do so will play into the hands of the other parties who will say he is "feart".
Army Rumour Service 2009
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The Polish man must be feart for his safety in the local gaol.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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March 14th, 2010 at 8:02 pm jings, yous are awfy feart o any alternative theories.
World-wide Campaign Sheds New Light on Nature's "LHC" | Universe Today 2010
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One senior Tory disputed my suggestion that the party had been in a defensive crouch for the past dozen years: "We've been feart, but I don't think we are any more".
Easy Populism 2009
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One senior Tory disputed my suggestion that the party had been in a defensive crouch for the past dozen years: "We've been feart, but I don't think we are any more".
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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If he ducks out then history will surely judge him accordingly as a PM who was feart to face the voters, having called off the election in 2007 after turning his move to Number 10 into a coronation with no other candidates.
bilby commented on the word feart
"The look he gave the LibDem's Vince Cable when he told him he had gone from Stalin to Mr Bean was not pretty. I was feart and I was just in my living room in front of the telly." - 'Brooned Off By Killer Look' by Elaine Smith, Sunday Mail, 2 Dec 2007.
December 4, 2007