afraid

Meaning

1. (predicative) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
2. (predicative) Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.
3. (predicative) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).

Synonyms

frightened

fear

😨

scared

fearful

😨

timid

anxious

alarmed

apprehensive

shy

worried

😟

timorous

nervous

terrified

cowardly

faint-hearted

be afraid

ashamed

pusillanimous

frighten

coward

surmise

aghast

uneasy

amaze

terror-stricken

afeared

bashful

dread

afeard

upset

hesitant

horror-stricken

reluctant

repulsed

respect

scare

😨

sickened

solicitous

stricken

surprise

threaten

tremble

uncertain

unnerved

unsafe

vacillating

warn

wary

wimpy

afraid of

Translations

bang

effrayé

ängstlich

😨

avoir peur

😨

peureux

😨

impaurito

asustado

tímido

bang

angoscioso

benepen

😨

bevreesd

φοβισμένος

timide

pauroso

😨

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈfɹeɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: affrayed

In summary

From Middle English affrayed, affraied, past participle of afraien (“to affray”), from Anglo-Norman afrayer (“to terrify, disquiet, disturb”), from Old French effreer, esfreer (“to disturb, remove the peace from”), from es- (“out”) + freer (“to secure, secure the peace”), from Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”), from Proto-Germanic *frijōną (“to free; to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- (“to like, love”). By surface analysis, affray + -ed. Compare also afeard. More at free, friend.

Sentences

I'm afraid this event is by invitation only , sir .

I'm afraid the joke's on us .