Afeared

/əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/ adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of afear form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 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. 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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