Etymology: [ &-frAd, Southern also ] (adjective.) 14th century. 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- (“ex-”) + freer (“to secure, secure the peace”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”), from Proto-Germanic base *frij- (“to free; to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- (“to like, love”). Cognate with Old High German fridu (“peace”), Old English friþ (“peace, frith”), Old English frēod (“peace, friendship”), German Friede (“peace”). Compare also afeard. More at free, friend.
regretful, sorry, Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear, ad feeling fear, adj [to be frightened] takut, filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions", afeard, having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "affaid to show emotion", jerran, afeared, regretful that (something undesirable is true), feeling worry or concern or insecurity; "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict", If you are afraid that something unpleasant will happen, you are worried that it may happen and you want to avoid it. I was afraid that nobody would believe me The Government is afraid of losing the election, If you are afraid for someone else, you are worried that something horrible is going to happen to them. She's afraid for her family in Somalia, If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you. She did not seem at all afraid I was afraid of the other boys I'm still afraid to sleep in my own bedroom. = frightened, politeness If you want to apologize to someone or to disagree with them in a polite way, you can say I'm afraid. We don't have anything like that, I'm afraid I'm afraid I can't help you, having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "affaid to show emotion, fearful; frightened, Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive, filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement; "I'm afraid I won't be able to come"; "he was afraid he would have to let her go"; "I'm afraid you're wrong", fraidy, be scared, be frightened; be fearful,
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regretful, sorry - "I am afraid I can not help you in this matter."
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Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear - "He is afraid that he will die."
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ad feeling fear
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adj [to be frightened] takut
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filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"
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afeard
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having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "affaid to show emotion"
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jerran
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afeared sıfat
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regretful that (something undesirable is true)
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feeling worry or concern or insecurity; "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict"
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If you are afraid that something unpleasant will happen, you are worried that it may happen and you want to avoid it. I was afraid that nobody would believe me The Government is afraid of losing the election
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If you are afraid for someone else, you are worried that something horrible is going to happen to them. She's afraid for her family in Somalia
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If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you. She did not seem at all afraid I was afraid of the other boys I'm still afraid to sleep in my own bedroom. = frightened
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politeness If you want to apologize to someone or to disagree with them in a polite way, you can say I'm afraid. We don't have anything like that, I'm afraid I'm afraid I can't help you
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having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "affaid to show emotion
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fearful; frightened sıfat
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Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive
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filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement; "I'm afraid I won't be able to come"; "he was afraid he would have to let her go"; "I'm afraid you're wrong"
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