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['graʊndlɪs]aggettivo [fear, rumour] infondato* * *adjective (without reason: Your fears are groundless.) infondato* * *groundless /ˈgraʊndləs/a.infondato; ingiustificato; immotivato: a groundless charge, un'accusa infondata; groundless fears, timori ingiustificatigroundlessly avv. groundlessness n. [u].* * *['graʊndlɪs]aggettivo [fear, rumour] infondato -
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♦ fear /fɪə(r)/n.1 [cu] paura: I have a great fear of dogs, ho una gran paura dei cani; i cani mi fanno molta paura; a fear of flying, paura di volare (o dell'aereo); to live in fear, vivere nella paura; to conquer one's fear, vincere la paura; to tremble with fear, tremare di paura; crazed with fear, impazzito dalla paura; in preda alla paura2 paura; timore; apprensione; ansia: irrational fears, paure (o timori) irrazionali; groundless fears, timori ingiustificati; for fear of [that], per paura (o timore) di [che]; to be in fear of one's life, temere per la propria vita; There is no fear of that, non c'è da temere (o non c'è pericolo) che accada; to dismiss all fear, lasciare ogni timore; to raise fears, suscitare timori; (psic.) a morbid fear, una paura morbosa; una fobia● No fear!, niente paura!; (fam. GB) macché!, non c'è pericolo!, figurarsi! □ to put the fear of God into sb., spaventare a morte q.; mettere addosso a q. una paura del diavolo; terrorizzare q. □ to stand in fear of, avere paura di; temere □ without fear or favour, imparzialmente.(to) fear /fɪə(r)/A v. t.1 avere paura di; temere: I don't fear you, non ho paura di te; non ti temo; to fear death, temere la morte2 temere; paventare (lett.): We feared that we might be late, temevamo di arrivare in ritardo; The doctors fear a relapse, i dottori temono (o paventano) una ricaduta; The hostages are feared dead, si teme che gli ostaggi siano morti; I feared being misunderstood, temevo di essere frainteso; to fear to do (o doing) st., aver paura di fare qc.; ( anche) trattenersi ( per timore) dal fare qc.B v. i.temere; avere paura: We fear for his health, temiamo per la sua salute; They won't come, I fear, non verranno, temo; I fear not [so], temo di no [di sì]● Never fear!, niente paura!; sta' tranquillo! □ (prov.) Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, gli stolti si precipitano là dove gli angeli temono di posare il piede.
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groundless — adjective Date: 1602 having no ground or foundation < groundless fears > • groundlessly adverb • groundlessness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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