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"word": "brave"
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"text": "He is afraid of death.",
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{
"text": "He is afraid to ask her out.",
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{
"text": "He is afraid of the future.",
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{
"ref": "1964, Harry S. Truman, 2:28 from the start, in MP2002-77 Former President Truman Discusses Bigotry in the United States, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:",
"text": "I went through the worst Ku Klux proposition in the country at the time it was at its height. And I had to go down to the Ku Klux meeting and tell them what I thought of them, and I wasn't afraid of them at all. And I'm not afraid of this situation because I think it'll work out in a way that when these people sit down and get a chance to think and study the situation, they're going to be ashamed of some of the things they've done.",
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"Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear."
],
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[
"fear",
"fear"
],
[
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"code": "aa",
"lang": "Afar",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "mesitiyya"
},
{
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"code": "aho",
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"roman": "ku0",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "𑜀𑜤𑜰𑜫"
},
{
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"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "5@NearSideChesthigh-PalmBack-5@NearSideChesthigh-PalmBack 5@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmBack-5@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmBack",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵāʔif",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "خَائِف"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"roman": "marʕūb",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "مَرْعُوب"
},
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"roman": "ḵāyif",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"tags": [
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"word": "خايف"
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"roman": "ḵāyif",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
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"word": "خايف"
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "vaxecʻac",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "վախեցած"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "jakí baícca",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "які́ баі́цца"
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"code": "be",
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"note": "бая́цца impf (bajácca) (usually expressed with verb)",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
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"roman": "izplášen",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "изпла́шен"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "amb por"
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"_dis1": "94 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hàipà",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "害怕"
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"_dis1": "94 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pà",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "怕"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "bojácný"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
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"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
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"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
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"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
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"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
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"word": "bangin"
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"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "peloissaan"
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"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
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"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
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"roman": "faurhts",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃"
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"roman": "m'faẖéd",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
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"word": "מְפַחֵד"
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"word": "ກົວ"
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"en:Fear"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "afraidly"
},
{
"word": "afraidness"
},
{
"word": "afraid of one's own shadow"
},
{
"word": "fraidy"
},
{
"word": "I am afraid of this"
},
{
"word": "I'm afraid not"
},
{
"word": "I'm afraid so"
},
{
"word": "unafraid"
},
{
"word": "unafraidly"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*preyH-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "affrayed"
},
"expansion": "Middle English affrayed",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "afrayer",
"t": "to terrify, disquiet, disturb"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman afrayer (“to terrify, disquiet, disturb”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "effreer"
},
"expansion": "Old French effreer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "es",
"3": "freer",
"nocat": "1",
"t1": "out",
"t2": "to secure, secure the peace"
},
"expansion": "es- (“out”) + freer (“to secure, secure the peace”)",
"name": "pre"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frk",
"3": "*friþu",
"t": "security, peace"
},
"expansion": "Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*friþuz",
"t": "peace"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*frijōną",
"t": "to free; to love"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frijōną (“to free; to love”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*prāy-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *prāy-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "affray#Verb",
"3": "-ed",
"nocat": "1"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, affray + -ed",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more afraid",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most afraid",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "afraid (comparative more afraid, superlative most afraid)",
"name": "en-adj"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "predicative"
},
"expansion": "(predicative)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "emotional"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "emotionful"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "petrified"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "scared shitless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "scared stiff"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "scared to death"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "spooked"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "afear"
},
{
"word": "afeared"
},
{
"word": "affray"
},
{
"word": "fray"
},
{
"word": "fear"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "coward"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "nervous"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He is afraid of death.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He is afraid to ask her out.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He is afraid of the future.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1964, Harry S. Truman, 2:28 from the start, in MP2002-77 Former President Truman Discusses Bigotry in the United States, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:",
"text": "I went through the worst Ku Klux proposition in the country at the time it was at its height. And I had to go down to the Ku Klux meeting and tell them what I thought of them, and I wasn't afraid of them at all. And I'm not afraid of this situation because I think it'll work out in a way that when these people sit down and get a chance to think and study the situation, they're going to be ashamed of some of the things they've done.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear."
],
"links": [
[
"fear",
"fear"
],
[
"apprehension",
"apprehension"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "afeared"
},
{
"word": "alarmed"
},
{
"word": "anxious"
},
{
"word": "apprehensive"
},
{
"word": "fearful"
},
{
"word": "timid"
},
{
"word": "timorous"
},
{
"word": "afraid"
}
],
"tags": [
"predicative"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation."
],
"links": [
[
"Regretful",
"regretful"
],
[
"sorry",
"sorry"
],
[
"reluctance",
"reluctance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sorry"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something)."
],
"links": [
[
"Worried",
"worry"
],
[
"concern",
"concern"
],
[
"fear",
"fear"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something)."
],
"raw_tags": [
"used with for"
],
"tags": [
"predicative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈfɹeɪd/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-afraid.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/61/En-us-afraid.ogg/En-us-afraid.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/En-us-afraid.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪd"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "affrayed"
},
{
"alt": "aphetic",
"word": "'fraid"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "afeared"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "alarmed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "anxious"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "apprehensive"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "chicken"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "fearful"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "frightened"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "frit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "horrified"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "mortified"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "panicked"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "scared"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "terrified"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "timorous"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
"word": "worried"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "aa",
"lang": "Afar",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "mesitiyya"
},
{
"code": "aho",
"lang": "Ahom",
"roman": "ku0",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "𑜀𑜤𑜰𑜫"
},
{
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "5@NearSideChesthigh-PalmBack-5@NearSideChesthigh-PalmBack 5@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmBack-5@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmBack",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵāʔif",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "خَائِف"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "marʕūb",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "مَرْعُوب"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵāyif",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "خايف"
},
{
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵāyif",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"tags": [
"South-Levantine-Arabic"
],
"word": "خايف"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vaxecʻac",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "վախեցած"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "jakí baícca",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "які́ баі́цца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"note": "бая́цца impf (bajácca) (usually expressed with verb)",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izplášen",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "изпла́шен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "amb por"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hàipà",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "害怕"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pà",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "怕"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "bojácný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "bázlivý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "vystrašený"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "bange"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "bang"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "bevreesd"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "tima"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "ræddur"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "bangin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "peloissaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "effrayé"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "ängstlich"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "faurhts",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "m'faẖéd",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מְפַחֵד"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yaré",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "יָרֵא"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "fél"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "takut"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "eaglach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "\"I am afraid\" — tá eagla orm (literally “fear is upon me”)",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "con paura"
},
{
"alt": "こわい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kowai",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "怖い"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qoryqqan",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "қорыққан"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "museowo-hada",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "무서워하다"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kūa",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "ກົວ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "yān",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "ຢ້ານ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "metuens"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "timidus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "bail"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "bailīgs"
},
{
"code": "lou",
"lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "pœr"
},
{
"code": "lou",
"lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "pè"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "k̇o",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "ᦷᦂ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "uplašen",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "уплашен"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "takut"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "uruwehi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "pūihi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "mataku"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "koera"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "dredful"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "êpeûthé"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "redd"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "engstelig"
},
{
"code": "ngh",
"lang": "Nǀuu",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "ǃauke"
},
{
"code": "ngh",
"lang": "Nǀuu",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "ǃauka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "(usually expressed with the verbs:) obawiać się impf",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bać się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "com medo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "боя́щийся (bojáščijsja) (usually expressed with verb:) боя́ться (bojátʹsja)",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ispúgannyj",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "испу́ганный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "prestrašen"
},
{
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "kǒ",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "ၵူဝ်"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "vystrašený"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "con miedo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "con temor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "con susto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "asustado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "rädd"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "takot"
},
{
"code": "tet",
"lang": "Tetum",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "ta'uk"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gluua",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "กลัว"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "korkak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naljakanyj",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "наляканий"
},
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "ljakátysja",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "ляка́тися"
},
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"code": "uk",
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"note": "боя́тися impf (bojátysja) (usually expressed with verb)",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
},
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"code": "ute",
"lang": "Ute",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "i'javaga (Chemehuevi)"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
"word": "đáng sợ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒngpà",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "恐怕"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "pahoillaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "pelkäänpä"
},
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"code": "de",
"english": "to be afraid",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "bedauern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "unfortunately, regrettably",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "leider"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "attól tart"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "sajnál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "sajnos"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "is eagal le"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "redd"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"english": "to be afraid",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "temer"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "боя́ться"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bojátʹsja, što ...",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "что ..."
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "regretful, sorry",
"word": "temerse que"
}
],
"word": "afraid"
}
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"english": "beware of the sting of white-livered wretches, and every withered, niggardly wretch of a traitor—it were not less necessary;",
"ref": "c. 1500, Ieuan Tew, poem in Cwrt Mawr manuscript no. 5, published and translated 1921 by T. Gwynn Jones, “Cultural Bases. A Study of the Tudor Period in Wales”, Y Cymmrodor. The Magazine of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, vol. 31, page 182",
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