Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Afraid.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Affected with fear; frightened; afraid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Afraid.

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  • adjective archaic afraid

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective a pronunciation of afraid

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English afered, from Old English āfǣred, past participle of āfǣran, to frighten : ā-, intensive pref. + fǣran, to frighten (from fǣr, danger; see fear).]

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From afear +‎ -ed.

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Examples

  • I'd like to go along, but I'm afeard it's me for the mountains till the end.

    Chapter II 2010

  • But once thot farm is mine I wull no be afeard ony longer.

    THE SEA FARMER 2010

  • When I was a young men I used tull be afeard thot the owners would guv me the sack.

    THE SEA FARMER 2010

  • A 27-tonne bell inscribed with a line from Shakespeare's The Tempest – "Be not afeard: the isle is full of noises" – will form the centrepiece of the ceremony, and Cavendish is one of the main contenders to lead out the British team.

    Olympics fever will help to make 2012 the year of the bike 2012

  • He's a nature lover if ever there was one, an 'he's afeard of cities.

    Chapter II 2010

  • Dunno….ai fyndz teh pooter mausies nawt liek teh kitteh furz oar teh dusst…bof ub demz cawnstant inn mai haos ai iz afeard.

    Mr Fluffykins was justifiably proud of his reputation - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • So then they laughed harder than ever, and said they should be afeard to speak to her, and a deal more I can't call to mind.

    Camilla 2008

  • Whether it were really Odysseus or not, I am afeard.

    Rhesus 2008

  • “I am afeard there are few die well that die in a battle; for how can they charitably dispose of any thing, when blood is their argument?”

    I Have Seen The Enemy and It Is . . . 2008

  • 'She need not be afeard of it, however,' said the third, 'for 'twill never be no worse.

    Camilla 2008

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