Afeared
//əˈfɪə(ɹ)d// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of afear form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Afraid. dialectal
"I ain't afeared of anything on this side o' the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o' the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him."
Adjective
- 1 a pronunciation of afraid wordnet
Example
More examples"I ain't afeared of anything on this side o' the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o' the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English aferd.
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