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afeerd

afeerd is the eye dialect spelling of afeared.

Meaning of afeared

Adjective

afeared

  1. (dialectal) 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

Questions about afeerd

What is afeerd the eye dialect spelling of?
Afeerd is the eye dialect spelling of afeared.

Words near afeerd in the dictionary

  1. afeared
  2. afearing
  3. afears
  4. afebrile
  5. Afeefa
  6. afeerd
  7. afegostat
  8. afelia
  9. afelimomab
  10. Afemai
  11. Afenmai

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