afraid
adjectivetop 1 000 in film dialogue
- //əˈfɹeɪd//
- //əˈfɹɛd//
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
adjective
- 1
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
He is afraid of death.
He is afraid to ask her out.
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.
- 2
Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.
I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter.
- 3
Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
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- (“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.
Forms
- comparative
- more afraid
- superlative
- most afraid
afraid · Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
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