"afraid" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈfɹeɪd/ Audio: en-us-afraid.ogg [US] Forms: more afraid [comparative], most afraid [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪd 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”). By surface analysis, affray + -ed. Compare also afeard. More at free, friend. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*preyH-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|affrayed}} Middle English affrayed, {{m|enm|affraied}} affraied, {{m|enm|afraien|t=to affray}} afraien (“to affray”), {{der|en|xno|afrayer|t=to terrify, disquiet, disturb}} Anglo-Norman afrayer (“to terrify, disquiet, disturb”), {{der|en|fro|effreer}} Old French effreer, {{m|fro|esfreer|t=to disturb, remove the peace from}} esfreer (“to disturb, remove the peace from”), {{pre|fro|es|freer|t1=out|t2=to secure, secure the peace}} es- (“out”) + freer (“to secure, secure the peace”), {{der|en|frk|*friþu|t=security, peace}} Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*friþuz|t=peace}} Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*frijōną|t=to free; to love}} Proto-Germanic *frijōną (“to free; to love”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*prāy-}} Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, {{m|ine-pro|*prēy-|t=to like, love}} *prēy- (“to like, love”), {{surf|en|affray#Verb|-ed|nocat=1}} By surface analysis, affray + -ed, {{m|en|afeard}} afeard, {{m|en|free}} free, {{m|en|friend}} friend Head templates: {{en-adj}} afraid (comparative more afraid, superlative most afraid)
  1. Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear. Tags: predicative Categories (topical): Fear Synonyms: afeared, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, fearful, timid, timorous, afraid Translations (impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive): خَائِف (ḵāʔif) (Arabic), مَرْعُوب (marʕūb) (Arabic), վախեցած (vaxecʿac) (Armenian), які́ баі́цца (jakí baícca) (Belarusian), изпла́шен (izplášen) (Bulgarian), amb por (Catalan), 害怕 (hàipà) (Chinese Mandarin), (pà) (Chinese Mandarin), bojácný (Czech), bázlivý (Czech), vystrašený (Czech), bange (Danish), bang (Dutch), bevreesd (Dutch), ræddur (Faroese), bangin (Faroese), peloissaan (Finnish), effrayé (French), ängstlich (German), 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (faurhts) (Gothic), מְפַחֵד (m'faẖéd) [masculine] (Hebrew), יָרֵא (yaré) [masculine] (Hebrew), fél (Hungarian), takut (Indonesian), eaglach (Irish), con paura (Italian), 怖い (kowai) (alt: こわい) (Japanese), қорыққан (qoryqqan) (Kazakh), 무서워하다 (museowo-hada) (Korean), ກົວ (kūa) (Lao), ຢ້ານ (yān) (Lao), metuens (Latin), timidus (Latin), bail (Latvian), bailīgs (Latvian), pœr (Louisiana Creole French), pè (Louisiana Creole French), ᦷᦂ (k̇o) (), уплашен (uplašen) (Macedonian), takut (Malay), uruwehi (Maori), pūihi (Maori), mataku (Maori), koera (Maori), dredful (Middle English), êpeûthé (Norman), redd (Norwegian), engstelig (Norwegian), bać się [imperfective] (Polish), com medo (Portuguese), испу́ганный (ispúgannyj) (Russian), prestrašen (Serbo-Croatian), ၵူဝ် (kǒ) (Shan), vystrašený (Slovak), con miedo (Spanish), con temor (Spanish), con susto (Spanish), asustado (Spanish), rädd (Swedish), takot (Tagalog), ta'uk (Tetum), กลัว (gluua) (Thai), korkak (Turkish), наляканий (naljakanyj) (Ukrainian), ляка́тися (ljakátysja) (Ukrainian), i'javaga (Chemehuevi) (Ute), đáng sợ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-afraid-en-adj-uIDyk6Wy Disambiguation of Fear: 43 32 25 Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, Old French terms prefixed with es- Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 84 14 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 33 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 21 10 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 56 31 13 Disambiguation of Old French terms prefixed with es-: 85 11 4 Disambiguation of 'impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive': 95 2 3
  2. (colloquial) Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation. Tags: colloquial, predicative Synonyms: sorry Translations (regretful, sorry): 恐怕 (kǒngpà) (Chinese Mandarin), pahoillaan (Finnish), pelkäänpä (Finnish), bedauern (english: to be afraid) (German), leider (english: unfortunately, regrettably) (German), attól tart (Hungarian), sajnál (Hungarian), sajnos (Hungarian), is eagal le (Irish), redd (Norwegian), temer (english: to be afraid) (Portuguese), боя́ться (Russian), что ... (bojátʹsja, što ...) (Russian), temerse que (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-afraid-en-adj-Dkfh6rPC Disambiguation of 'regretful, sorry': 2 96 2
  3. (used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something). Tags: predicative, used with for
    Sense id: en-afraid-en-adj-wAk5n8l-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: petrified, scared shitless, scared stiff, scared to death, spooked Derived forms: afraidly, afraidness, afraid of one's own shadow, I am afraid of this, I'm afraid not, I'm afraid so, unafraid, unafraidly Related terms: afear, afeared, affray, fray, fear, coward, nervous

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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",
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        },
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          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "خَائِف"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "مَرْعُوب"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "վախեցած"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "jakí baícca",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "які́ баі́цца"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "note": "бая́цца impf (bajácca) (usually expressed with verb)",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izplášen",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "изпла́шен"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "amb por"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hàipà",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "害怕"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pà",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "怕"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "bojácný"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "bázlivý"
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        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "vystrašený"
        },
        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "bange"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "bang"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "bevreesd"
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          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "ræddur"
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          "lang": "Faroese",
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          "word": "peloissaan"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "effrayé"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "ängstlich"
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "faurhts",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "מְפַחֵד"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "yaré",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "יָרֵא"
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
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          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "fél"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "takut"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "eaglach"
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          "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"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "con paura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "alt": "こわい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kowai",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "怖い"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qoryqqan",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "қорыққан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "museowo-hada",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "무서워하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kūa",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "ກົວ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "yān",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "ຢ້ານ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "metuens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "timidus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "bail"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "bailīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "pœr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "pè"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "khb",
          "lang": "Lü",
          "roman": "k̇o",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "ᦷᦂ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "uplašen",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "уплашен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "takut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "uruwehi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "pūihi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "mataku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "koera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "dredful"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "êpeûthé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "redd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "engstelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "(usually expressed with the verbs:) obawiać się impf",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "bać się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "com medo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "боя́щийся (bojáščijsja) (usually expressed with verb:) боя́ться (bojátʹsja)",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispúgannyj",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "испу́ганный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "prestrašen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "roman": "kǒ",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "ၵူဝ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "vystrašený"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "con miedo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "con temor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "con susto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "asustado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "rädd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "takot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "tet",
          "lang": "Tetum",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "ta'uk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gluua",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "กลัว"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "korkak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "naljakanyj",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "наляканий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ljakátysja",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "ляка́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "note": "боя́тися impf (bojátysja) (usually expressed with verb)",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ute",
          "lang": "Ute",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "i'javaga (Chemehuevi)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
          "word": "đáng sợ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "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."
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-afraid-en-adj-Dkfh6rPC",
      "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"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kǒngpà",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "恐怕"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "pahoillaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "pelkäänpä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "to be afraid",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "bedauern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "unfortunately, regrettably",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "leider"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "attól tart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "sajnál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "sajnos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "is eagal le"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "redd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "english": "to be afraid",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "temer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "боя́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bojátʹsja, što ...",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "что ..."
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "regretful, sorry",
          "word": "temerse que"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something)."
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-afraid-en-adj-wAk5n8l-",
      "links": [
        [
          "Worried",
          "worry"
        ],
        [
          "concern",
          "concern"
        ],
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "used with for"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfɹeɪd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
    },
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      "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",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "affrayed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "alt": "aphetic",
      "word": "'fraid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "afeared"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "alarmed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "anxious"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "apprehensive"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "fearful"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "frightened"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "frit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "horrified"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "mortified"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "panicked"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "scared"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "terrified"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "timorous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "worried"
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "brave"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "calm"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afraid",
      "word": "unafraid"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with manual fragments",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Frankish",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preyH-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Old French terms prefixed with es-",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd/2 syllables",
    "en:Fear"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "afraidly"
    },
    {
      "word": "afraidness"
    },
    {
      "word": "afraid of one's own shadow"
    },
    {
      "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": "[Template:root]",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "affrayed"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English affrayed",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "affraied"
      },
      "expansion": "affraied",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "afraien",
        "t": "to affray"
      },
      "expansion": "afraien (“to affray”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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": "esfreer",
        "t": "to disturb, remove the peace from"
      },
      "expansion": "esfreer (“to disturb, remove the peace from”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "freer",
        "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": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*prēy-",
        "t": "to like, love"
      },
      "expansion": "*prēy- (“to like, love”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "affray#Verb",
        "3": "-ed",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, affray + -ed",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "afeard"
      },
      "expansion": "afeard",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "free"
      },
      "expansion": "free",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "friend"
      },
      "expansion": "friend",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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.",
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    {
      "form": "more afraid",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most afraid",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "afraid (comparative more afraid, superlative most afraid)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "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 die.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He is afraid that he will die.",
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear."
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "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."
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "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)."
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "Worried",
          "worry"
        ],
        [
          "concern",
          "concern"
        ],
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "used with for"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfɹeɪd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "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": "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": "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": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vaxecʿac",
      "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": "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": "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljakátysja",
      "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive",
      "word": "ляка́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "note": "боя́тися impf (bojátysja) (usually expressed with verb)",
      "sense": "impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "regretful, sorry",
      "word": "боя́ться"
    },
    {
      "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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