Afeard

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Afraid. archaic, dialectal

    "Pray you pass with your best violence; I am afeard you make a wanton of me."

Adjective
  1. 1
    a pronunciation of afraid wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
afearedafeared

Example

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"Pray you pass with your best violence; I am afeard you make a wanton of me."

Etymology

From afear + -ed.

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