Live in fear of
The crossword clue "Live in fear of" is answered by DREAD, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DREAD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DREAD answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DREAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by DREAD, most used first.
- Fear - used 32 times, most recently in 2018
- Great fear - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Intense fear - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Apprehension - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Terror - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Trepidation - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Fear greatly - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Be fearful of - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Fearful feeling - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Hate the thought of - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Anticipate with fear - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- More than fear - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Not look forward to - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Abject fear - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Extreme fear - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Feeling of foreboding - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Angst - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Not look forward to at all - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Really not look forward to - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Words to live by - CREDO, used 84 times
- "Fear of Flying" author Jong - ERICA, used 73 times
- Live and breathe - EXIST, used 66 times
- Words to live by - MOTTO, used 55 times
- Not live - TAPED, used 52 times
- Live - EXIST, used 50 times
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