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US
/əˈfɹeɪd/
]
[ UK /ɐfɹˈeɪd/ ]
[ UK /ɐfɹˈeɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
I'm afraid you're wrong
I'm afraid I won't be able to come
he was afraid he would have to let her go -
having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
afraid to show emotion
afraid of hard work -
feeling worry or concern or insecurity
I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict
terribly afraid of offending someone
She was afraid that I might be embarrassed -
filled with fear or apprehension
suddenly looked afraid
afraid of snakes
afraid even to turn his head
afraid to ask questions
afraid for his life
How To Use afraid In A Sentence
- I'm afraid he is guilty of a good deal of invention.
- He was afraid of waking up in the morning and finding that Jessie was dead.
- I was talking to a mom today whose daughter's elementary teacher said she was afraid that her daughter had "selective mutism. Canard - French Word-A-Day
- They run out of beer by about 7pm so we then turned to the wine, which I'm afraid would have stripped the paint off any wall.
- Here's a good one - a survey to see if birds are afraid of heights or get jet lag on long flights. The Sun
- I am afraid to lose, I fear this time, and I love it but memories. I could not forget the sweat on the pitch with the sway of the brothers, forget accompany me cry close friend, and forget the bright Star of that everynight, and those words have touched me deeply.
- They were afraid the dam wouldn't hold.
- He is a man with a reputation for being tough and unafraid of unpopular decisions.
- Which of course explains why Bush is afraid to drive by motorcade through Washington DC but does it in Bagdad … oh wait … Think Progress » Rep. King: My Wife ‘Is At Far Greater Risk Being a Civilian In D.C. Than An Average Civilian In Iraq’
- We hope to grow old, yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die.
