afraid

Definition of afraid in English English dictionary: Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear
He is afraid that he will die.; regretful, sorry
I am afraid I can not help you in this matter.; {a} fearful, in fear, apprehensive; adj [to be frightened] takut; having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "affaid to show emotion"; 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"; ad feeling fear; 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; 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"; 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; {s} fearful; frightened; 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 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; Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive; 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; regretful that (something undesirable is true); afeard; jerran; {s} afeared
afraid for him: feared for his welfare, frightened for his safety, worried about him
afraid of his own shadow: cowardly, fearful, faint-hearted, timid
afraid to ask: frightened to ask, fears asking; afraid of the possible answer to the question
afraid to wake up: scared to awaken
afraid(p): 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
I'm afraid not: Unfortunately, no; I regret that that is not so
Do you have any beer? No, I'm afraid not.
I'm afraid so: Unfortunately, yes; I regret that that is so
Do we really have to do every one by hand? Yes, I'm afraid so.
afraid.: fraidy
I am afraid that: I fear that, I'm sorry but
I'm afraid not: I think not, I don't think so, regretfully no
be afraid: be scared, be frightened; be fearful
be rather afraid: be quiet fearful
don't be afraid: don't be scared, do not be frightened
is afraid that: fears that, is frightened that
to be afraid not to be able to help: fear that there is no chance of helping
was afraid: was scared; was frightened
was afraid of his own shadow: was a coward, was frightened of everything

afraid

Hyphenation

a·fraid

Turkish pronunciation

ıfreyd

Synonyms

afeared, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, fearful, timid, timorous, sorry, abashed, aghast, aroused, blanched, cowardly, cowed, daunted

Antonyms

bold, brave, composed, confident, cool, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, eager, happy, undismayed

Pronunciation

/əˈfrād/ /əˈfreɪd/

Etymology

() 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.