afeared

English

Etymology

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Middle English aferd

English afeared

Inherited from Middle English aferd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)d

Verb

afeared

1. simple past and past participle of afear

Adjective

afeared

1. (dialectal) Afraid.
   • 1886, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet:

     I ain't afeared of anything on this side o' the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o' the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him.

Derived terms

• unafeared

Scots

Adjective

afeared (comparative mair afeared, superlative maist afeared)

1. (archaic) alternative form of afeard