afraid

adj.

1. Filled with fear: afraid of ghosts; afraid to die; afraid for his life.
2. Having feelings of aversion or unwillingness in regard to something: not afraid of hard work; afraid to show emotion.
3. Filled with regret or concern. Used especially to soften an unpleasant statement: I'm afraid you're wrong.

[Middle English affraied, past participle of affraien, to frighten, from Old French esfraier, esfreer, to disturb, of Germanic origin.]

SYNONYMS  afraid, apprehensive, fearful. These adjectives mean full of or given to fear: afraid of snakes; feeling apprehensive before surgery; fearful of criticism.

adjective

Filled with fear or terror: aghast, apprehensive, fearful, fearsome, funky, panicky. Regional afeard, ascared. See fear/courage.

adj

Definition: fearful
Antonyms: bold, brave, composed, confident, cool, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant

adj

Definition: reluctant, regretful
Antonyms: confident, eager, happy, undismayed, venturesome

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IN BRIEF: Feeling fear; frightened.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bange, angst, usikker

Nederlands (Dutch)
angstig

Français (French)
adj. - craintif, apeuré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ängstlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φοβισμένος, τρομαγμένος

Italiano (Italian)
impaurito, spaventato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - medroso, amedrontado, receoso

Русский (Russian)
испуганный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - atemorizado, asustado, temeroso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rädd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
遗憾, 害怕的, 恐怕

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 遺憾, 害怕的, 恐怕

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 두려워하는, 염려하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 怖がって, 恐れて, 心配で, 心配して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خائف, متأسف, راغب عن, غير راغب في‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חושש, פוחד‬

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