un-afraid
adjective
1.
feeling fear; filled with apprehension: afraid to go.
2.
feeling regret, unhappiness, or the like: I'm afraid we can't go on Monday.
3.
feeling reluctance, unwillingness, distaste, or the like: He seemed afraid to show his own children a little kindness.
Related forms
half-a·fraid, adjective
un·a·fraid, adjective
Synonyms
1. scared, fearful, disquieted, apprehensive, timid, timorous. Afraid, alarmed, frightened, terrified all indicate a state of fear. Afraid implies inner apprehensive disquiet: afraid of the dark. Alarmed implies that the feelings are aroused through realization of some imminent or unexpected danger to oneself or others: alarmed by (or about ) someone's illness. Frightened means shocked with sudden, but usually short-lived, fear, especially that arising from apprehension of physical harm: frightened by an accident. Terrified suggests the emotional reaction when one is struck with a violent, overwhelming fear: terrified by an earthquake.
1. scared, fearful, disquieted, apprehensive, timid, timorous. Afraid, alarmed, frightened, terrified all indicate a state of fear. Afraid implies inner apprehensive disquiet: afraid of the dark. Alarmed implies that the feelings are aroused through realization of some imminent or unexpected danger to oneself or others: alarmed by (or about ) someone's illness. Frightened means shocked with sudden, but usually short-lived, fear, especially that arising from apprehension of physical harm: frightened by an accident. Terrified suggests the emotional reaction when one is struck with a violent, overwhelming fear: terrified by an earthquake.
Antonyms
1. bold, confident, fearless.
1. bold, confident, fearless.
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| —adj (often foll by that; | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | reluctant (to do something), as through fear or timidity: he was afraid to let himself go |
| 3. | regretful: I'm afraid that I shall have to tell you to go |
| [C14: affraied, past participle of | |
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Word Origin & History
afraid
early 14c., originally pp. of afray "frighten," from Anglo-Fr. afrayer, from O.Fr. esfreer (see affray (n.)). A rare case of an English adjective that never stands before a noun. Because it was used in A.V. Bible, it acquired independent standing and thrived while affray
faded, chasing out the once more common afeard (q.v.). Sense in I'm afraid "I regret to say, I suspect" (without implication of fear) is first recorded 1590s.
"Her blue affrayed eyes wide open shone" [Keats, "The Eve of St. Agnes," 1820]
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