English
rank|die|arm|wrong|646|afraid|merely|struck|man's
Etymology
ME. afrayed, affraide, past participle of afraien (�to affray�), from AF. afrayer, from OF. esfreer (see also afeard).
Pronunciation
IPA|/��fɹeɪd/
audio|en-us-afraid.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|eɪd
Adjective
en-adj
- context|usually used predicative adjective|predicatively, not attributive adjective|attributively Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.
#: He is afraid of death.
#: He is afraid to die.
#: He is afraid that he will die.
- context|colloquially|to soften a statement regretful that (something undesirable is true)
#: I am afraid I can not help you in this matter.
Usage notes
(Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive): Afraid expresses a lesser degree of fear than terrified or frightened. It is often followed by the preposition of and the object of fear, or by an infinitive, or by a dependent clause, as shown in the examples above.
Translations
trans-top|impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive
Danish: bange
Finnish: pelko|peloissaan, see also verb pelätä
French: effrayé
Chemehuevi: i'javaga
Indonesian: takut
Italian: paura f
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (���, kowai)
Polish: obawia� si�
Swedish: rädd
Hungarian: fél
Tagalog: takot
trans-bottom
trans-top|colloquially, to soften a statement: regretful that something undesirable is true
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Synonyms
fearful
timid
timorous
alarmed
anxious
afeared
ar:afraid
da:afraid
fr:afraid
gl:afraid
ko:afraid
hy:afraid
io:afraid
id:afraid
it:afraid
kk:afraid
hu:afraid
pl:afraid
pt:afraid
sm:afraid
simple:afraid
fi:afraid
sv:afraid
ta:afraid
te:afraid
th:afraid
vi:afraid
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