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Definition of afeared in English: afeared(also afeard) adjective əˈfɪəd dialect, archaic Afraid. Example sentencesExamples - A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts that she's afeard of herself sometimes.
- The point is he was big and mean and everyone was afeared of him.
- Tonight I return to French class, and am all afeared at the thought I have started forgetting what I know.
- ‘Lady,’ she croaked out, ‘I have ill tidings, and I am afeard.’
- Even the river critters were afeard of the monster!
- Some, having spotted her, could draw no closer than a distant gaze: they were afeard, they would admit later over ale.
- It's a clean hand now: shake it-don't be afeard.
- He has a tale to tell and I'm afeared that our lives depend on us listening.
- And I am afeared about what sort of photos of me are going to pop up on other people's sites.
- I would love to go, but I am afeared that a trip to Sydney is a wee bit out of my budget at this point.
Synonyms frightened, scared, scared stiff, terrified, fearful, petrified, nervous, scared to death
Origin Old English, from āfǣran 'frighten', from ā- (expressing intensity) + fǣran (see fear); used commonly by Shakespeare, but rarely after 1700 in written form. |