afraid
/əˈfɹeɪd/
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Southern US/əˈfɹɛd/
afraid adjective: impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
Adjective
afraid (comparative more afraid, superlative most afraid)
- Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
- He is afraid of death.
- He is afraid to ask her out.
- Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.
- I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter.
- Synonyms:
- sorry
- Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
afraid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
afraid in Hindi
- afraid
- सहमनाक sahamnāk
afraid in Tamil
- அச்சமுற்ற, அஞ்சிய, எண்ணுவதற்கு வருந்திய, ஆர்வங்குன்றிய, பயம்
afraid in Urdu
- afraid
- سہمناک sahm-nāk
- afraid, frightened, terrified
- خوفزدہ xaufzada
afraid in Bengali
- ভীত, সন্ত্রস্ত, শঙ্কিত
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- afraid in Malayalam
- ഭയപ്പെട്ട, സംശയമുളള, ഖേദമുളള, ശങ്കിക്കുന്ന
- afraid in Kannada
- ಹೆದರಿಕೆಯ, ಭಯದ, ಅಂಜಿಕೆಯ, ಹೆದರಿದ
- afraid in Tagalog
- takot
- afraid in Arabic
- خَائِف ḵāʔif, مَرْعُوب marʕūb
- afraid in Malay
- takut
- afraid in Indonesian
- takut
- afraid in Thai
- กลัว gluua
- afraid in Vietnamese
- đáng sợ
Examples of afraid in a sentence
- He is afraid of the future.
- I’m not afraid of telling / to tell you the truth: I'm reluctant to go in you car because I’m too afraid of crashing.
- And I had to go down to the Ku Klux meeting and tell them what I thought of them, and I wasn't afraid of them at all.1964, Harry S. Truman, 2:28 from the start, in MP2002-77 Former President Truman Discusses Bigotry in the United States, Harry S. Truman...
Synonyms of afraid
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Antonyms
Forms of afraid
| comparative | more afraid |
|---|---|
| superlative | most afraid |
| alternative form | 'fraid |
| alternative form (obsolete) | affrayed |
Origin of afraid
From Middle English affrayed, affraied, past participle of afraien (“to affray”), from Anglo-Norman afrayer (“to terrify, disquiet, disturb”), from Old French effreer, esfreer (“to disturb, remove the peace from”), from es- (“out”) + freer (“to secure, secure the peace”), from Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”), from Proto-Germanic *frijōną (“to free; to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- (“to like, love”). By surface analysis, affray + -ed. Compare also afeard. More at free, friend.
Words formed from afraid
Words that rhyme with afraid
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- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
- embayed
Questions about afraid
- What does afraid mean?
- Afraid means impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
- What is afraid in Hindi?
- Afraid in Hindi is सहमनाक (sahamnāk). See Afraid meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use afraid in a sentence?
- He is afraid of the future.
- What part of speech is afraid?
- Afraid is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce afraid?
- Afraid is pronounced /əˈfɹeɪd/.
Words near afraid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: afraid (page history and authors); सहमनाक (Hindi) (page history and authors); afraid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); خوفزدہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); afraid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); afraid (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); afraid (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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