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əˈfreɪdafraid

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afraidadjective
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
Synonyms:
apprehensive, anxious, afeared, fearful, alarmed, timid, timorous, sorry
afraidadjective
regretful, sorry
I am afraid I can not help you in this matter.
Synonyms:
sorry, timid, afeared, fearful, apprehensive, timorous, anxious, alarmed

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afraid
Synonyms:
cowardly, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorous
Antonyms:
adventurous, bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome

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afraid
Synonyms:
fearful, apprehensive, timid, timorous, cowardly, fainthearted, cautious, careful, frightened, alarmed, terrified, suspicious, distrustful, anxious
Antonyms:
fearless, inapprehensive, unsolicitous, easy, indifferent, secure, confident, bold, hopeful, eager, reckless, audacious, venturesome

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afraid(p)adjective
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"
Antonyms:
unconcerned, inclined(p)
afraidadjective
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"
Synonyms:
afraid(p)
Antonyms:
unconcerned, inclined(p)
afraidadjective
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"
Synonyms:
afraid(p)
Antonyms:
unconcerned, inclined(p)
afraidadjective
having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
"afraid of hard work"; "afraid to show emotion"
Synonyms:
afraid(p)
Antonyms:
unconcerned, inclined(p)

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scared
Submitted by anonymous on January 11, 2021
fiert
scottish word
Submitted by anonymous on May 5, 2021

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afraidadjective
Synonyms:
fearful, haunted with fear

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afraidadjective
Synonyms:
alarmed, fearful, timid, timorous, apprehensive, scared, diffident
Antonyms:
fearless, unafraid, intrepid, bold, undaunted, temerarious

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List of paraphrases for "afraid":
scared, frightened, fear, bang, scary, worried, scare, fearful, fright, terrified, affraid, frighten, 'rescared

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Words popularity by usage frequency

ranking	word
#2263	sorry
#2824	fear
#4051	bang
#5469	careful
#5795	afraid
#8343	worried
#9392	scary
#9982	scared
#13864	anxious
#13890	suspicious
#13901	scare
#18081	cautious
#20134	frightened
#21238	shrinking
#22989	fearful
#25592	terrified
#28568	alarmed
#29576	fright
#33672	timid
#38914	cowardly
#43167	frighten
#47106	apprehensive
#100376	cringing
#111440	distrustful
#142890	affraid
#149487	timorous
#251834	fainthearted
#272099	pusillanimous

How to use afraid in a sentence?

Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:
God is a comic playing to an audience that's afraid to laugh.
Vince Baker:
Faith is not afraid to fight the devil over God’s Word being true.
Roya Rahmani:
They are afraid for their lives.
Marilyn Medina:
For a $6 haircut? You’re doing all this? i was afraid. You never know the intention she had, if she was really going to shoot, if she was really going to do something.
Grant Shapps:
I’m afraid I can’t give you a definitive will there or will there not be the opportunity to take holidays this next year either at home or abroad.

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مرعوب, خائفArabic
изпла́шенBulgarian
porCatalan, Valencian
vystrašený, bojácný, bázlivýCzech
bangeDanish
bedauern, leider, ängstlichGerman
temerse que, tener miedoSpanish
pahoillaanFinnish
ræddur, banginFaroese
effrayéFrench
[[tá]] [[eagla]] [[orm]], eaglachIrish
डरा हुआHindi
félHungarian
takutIndonesian
pauraItalian
恐れ, 怖いJapanese
қорыққанKazakh
무서워하다Korean
takutMalay
bang, bevreesdDutch
engstelig, reddNorwegian
obawiać sięPolish
temer, [[ter]] [[medo]], [[estar]] [[com]] [[medo]]Portuguese
боя́щийся, бояться, испу́ганный, боя́тьсяRussian
vystrašenýSlovak
räddSwedish
takotTagalog
đáng sợVietnamese
害怕Chinese

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