afeared
/əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/
afeared is the simple past and past participle of afear.
Meaning of afear
Verb
afear (third-person singular simple present afears, present participle afearing, simple past and past participle afeared)
- To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
- Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes...1543 June 7, Henry VIII of England, “The Nynthe Article. The Holy Catholike Churche.”, in A Necessary Doctrine and Erudicion for Any Chrysten Man, Set furth by the Kynges Maiestye of Englande, &c....
Adjective
afeared
- Afraid.
- I ain't afeared of anything on this side o' the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o' the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him.1886, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
Origin of afeared
Inherited from Middle English aferd.
Words formed from afeared
Words that rhyme with afeared
Questions about afeared
- What does afeared mean?
- Afeared means afraid.
- What is afeared the simple past and past participle of?
- Afeared is the simple past and past participle of afear.
- What part of speech is afeared?
- Afeared is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce afeared?
- Afeared is pronounced /əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/.
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