No, the word 'afraid' is an adjective, a word that describes a noun.
The adjective 'afraid' is most often used as a predicate adjective (subject complement), the adjective following a linking verb which modifies (describes) the subject of the sentence. Examples:
He is afraid of snakes
She was afraid that she would be late.
They were not afraid of hard work.
Yes, the word 'dog' is a noun, a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a type of animal; a word for a thing.
No, the noun 'bear' is a concrete noun, a word for a type of mammal, a word for a physical thing.
The noun 'bear' is a noun, a word for a type of mammal, a word for a thing.
Yes, the word 'skunk' is a noun, a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a type of mammal, a word for a thing.
The noun 'ox' is a singular, common, concrete noun, a word for a type of animal, a word for a thing.
No. Afraid is an adjective
Yes, the word 'fear' is a noun; a word for an unpleasant feeling caused by expectation or awareness of danger; a concern about what may happen, a worry; a reason for dread or apprehension; a word for an emotion; a word for a thing.The word 'fear' is also a verb: fear, fears, fearing, feared.
No, the word is spelled afraid. There is no 's' on afraid. It can be used with both singular and plural noun or pronoun. Examples: I felt afraid. He sounded afraid. They acted afraid. The horses seemed afraid.
The word 'fear' is both a verb and a noun.The noun 'fear' is an abstract noun as a word for an emotion.
The word 'afraid' is an adjective, a word used to describe a noun.The adjective 'afraid' is most often used as a predicate adjective (subject complement), an adjective following a linking verb that restates the subject of the sentence.Examples:Jack is afraid of snakes. (Jack = afraid)I was afraid that you couldn't make it. (I = afraid)Afraid she'd miss the bus, Mary ran out without her lunch. (afraid = Mary)
Afraid is an adjective not a noun.
Afraid is an adjective or part of a verb, not an adverb. The noun would be fright.
Fear is a noun. "I have a fear." Afraid is an adjective. "I am afraid."
Synonym: noun: A word that means the same, or almost the same, as another word. Antonym: noun: A word that means the opposite of another word. Scared: fearful, frightened, afraid, terrified, petrified, nervous, startled, alarmed, worried, anxious, timid, timorous.
It is an "abstract" noun-- a word you cannot experience with any of your five senses. (You can experience the RESULT of being afraid, but you cannot see fright, or touch it, or taste it, or hear it or smell it. Thus, it is an abstract noun.)
The word 'frightened' is the past participle, past tense of the verb to frighten.The past participle of the verb also functions as an adjective.The noun form of the verb to frighten is the gerund, frightening.A related noun form is fright.Examples:A sudden noise in the dark had frightened me. (verb)The frightened child hid behind his mother's knees. (adjective)What a frightening we had on the interstate today. (noun)A fright sent the cat running up the tree. (noun)
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