English > afraid: 4 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Filled with fear or apprehension. |
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| Examples | - "afraid even to turn his head"
- "suddenly looked afraid"
- "afraid for his life"
- "afraid of snakes"
- "afraid to ask questions"
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| Attribute of | fear, fearfulness, fright | An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
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| Narrower | acrophobic | Suffering from acrophobia |
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| afeard, afeared | A pronunciation of afraid |
| aghast, appalled, dismayed, shocked | struck with fear, dread, or consternation |
| agoraphobic | Suffering from agoraphobia |
| alarmed | Experiencing a sudden sense of danger |
| algophobic | Suffering from algophobia |
| apprehensive | In fear or dread of possible evil or harm |
| claustrophobic | Suffering from claustrophobia |
| fearful | Experiencing or showing fear |
| frightened, scared | made afraid |
| hangdog | frightened into submission or compliance |
| horrified, horror-stricken, horror-struck | stricken with horror |
| hunted | Reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted |
| hydrophobic, aquaphobic | abnormally afraid of water |
| mysophobic | Suffering from mysophobia |
| numb | So frightened as to be unable to move |
| panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened | Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation |
| terror-stricken, terror-struck | struck or filled with terror |
| triskaidekaphobic | Suffering from triskaidekaphobia (abnormal fear of the number 13) |
| unnerved | deprived of courage and strength |
| white-lipped | Having white lips from fear or terror |
| xenophobic | Suffering from xenophobia |
| See also | cowardly, fearful | lacking courage |
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| timid | showing fear and lack of confidence |
| Opposite | unafraid, fearless | oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them |
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| Spanish | temeroso, tener miedo |
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| Catalan | temorós |
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