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AFEARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does afeard mean?
• AFEARD (adjective)
The adjective AFEARD has 1 sense:
1. a pronunciation of afraid
Familiarity information: AFEARD used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pronunciation of afraid
Synonyms:
afeard; afeared
Similar:
afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)
Domain usage:
regionalism (a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region)
Context examples
“I never saw the face yet of the man that I was afeard of. Come out, and we shall see who is the better man.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Man! he said, but it made us afeard, for we expeckit that we should have to pay for it wi' some rare piece o' ill luck, so as to keep up the average.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I am ready to wager upon myself against you if you are not afeard.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Why shrink, my honey-bird? Why so afeard, my sweet cinnamon?” exclaimed the other, a loose-jointed lanky youth with a dancing, roguish eye.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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