afeard
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An old dialect word meaning feeling scared or worried
- adjective
- Archaic
:
temeroso
- Be not afeard, for I am Trinculo.
Examples
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Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion?
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- I am afeard you make a wanton of me.
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He is afeard to come.
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I'm afeard so, Breck boy.
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Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion?
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Don't you be afeard of that.
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He is afeard to come.
Synonyms
frightened
vsafeard
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1.0
Being afraid because something seems dangerous
is an archaic or dialect form, not the standard adjective
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9.9
Feeling scared or worried about something
is archaic in form rather than modern informal usage
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9.9
Feeling frightened about what might happen
is the same meaning but an alternative archaic spelling
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9.9
Feeling afraid of something
is older dialect usage rather than recent informal pronunciation
Antonyms
How Afraid
Surface Forms
afeard positive
Etymology
Afeard is an old or dialect form of afraid, made from a- plus fear, so it literally means 'in fear'. That's why afeard simply means 'afraid' or 'feeling fear'.