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'fraid not

'fraid not is the ellipsis of I'm afraid not.

Meaning of I'm afraid not

Phrase

I'm afraid not

  1. Unfortunately, no; I regret that that is not so.
    • Do you have any beer? No, I'm afraid not.

Origin of 'fraid not

I'm + 'fraid (“afraid”) + not

Questions about 'fraid not

What is 'fraid not the ellipsis of?
'fraid not is the ellipsis of I'm afraid not.

Words near 'fraid not in the dictionary

  1. 'fit
  2. 'fits
  3. 'flu
  4. 'fore
  5. 'fraid
  6. 'fraid not
  7. 'fraid so
  8. 'fridge
  9. 'fridges
  10. 'frigerator
  11. 'fro

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'fraid not (page history and authors); I'm afraid not (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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