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Present participle of fear.
Exhibiting fear.
Showing profound respect or deference.
She didn't try to test the portals, fearing they wouldn't work.
He would have embraced her but, blushing, she stepped aside fearing to be rumpled.
We conveyed the meager information to a national tip line, fearing it might be too little too late.
He'd dreaded his first steps on his planet, fearing it, too, would've lost faith in him.
Not fearing for my life is a total turn on, she retorted.
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