afraid
adjEtymology
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.
Definitions
Impressed with fear or apprehension
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.
Regretful, sorry
Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.
- I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter.
Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
The neighborhood
- synonymafeared
- synonymafraid
- synonymalarmed
- synonymanxious
- synonymapprehensive
- synonymchicken
- synonymconcerned
- synonymcreeped out
- synonymfearful
- synonymfrightened
- synonymfrit
- synonymhorrified
- antonymbrave
- antonymcalm
- antonymunafraid
- neighborafear
- neighborafeared
- neighboraffray
- neighborfray
- neighborfear
- neighborfrighten
- neighborcoward
- neighboremotional
- neighboremotionful
- neighbornervous
- neighborparanoid
- neighborpetrified
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at afraid. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at afraid. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at afraid
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA