afraid
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
Adjective 3 meanings
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
“He is afraid of death.”
Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.
“I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter.”
Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
Etymology
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”).
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AFRAID at a glance
AFRAID has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (A 1 + F 4 + R 1 + A 1 + I 1 + D 2) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,976 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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