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Antonyms for afraid
əˈfreɪdafraid

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Wiktionary2.0 / 1 vote

  1. afraidadjective

    Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

    Synonyms:
    apprehensive, anxious, afeared, fearful, alarmed, timid, timorous, sorry

  2. afraidadjective

    regretful, sorry

    I am afraid I can not help you in this matter.

    Synonyms:
    sorry, timid, afeared, fearful, apprehensive, timorous, anxious, alarmed

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. afraid(p)adjective

    filled with fear or apprehension

    "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"

    Antonyms:
    unconcerned, inclined(p)

  2. afraidadjective

    filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement

    "I'm afraid I won't be able to come"; "he was afraid he would have to let her go"; "I'm afraid you're wrong"

    Antonyms:
    unconcerned, inclined(p)

    Synonyms:
    afraid(p)

  3. afraidadjective

    feeling worry or concern or insecurity

    "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict"

    Antonyms:
    unconcerned, inclined(p)

    Synonyms:
    afraid(p)

  4. afraidadjective

    having feelings of aversion or unwillingness

    "afraid of hard work"; "afraid to show emotion"

    Antonyms:
    unconcerned, inclined(p)

    Synonyms:
    afraid(p)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. afraidadjective

    Antonyms:
    fearless, unafraid, intrepid, bold, undaunted, temerarious

    Synonyms:
    alarmed, fearful, timid, timorous, apprehensive, scared, diffident

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unafraid

    not afraid of.

    riya is unafraid of spiders.

    Submitted by anonymous on January 21, 2020  

How to use afraid in a sentence?

  1. Kapil tetarwal:

    Everyone Fears Yamraj, Yamraj Is Only Afraid Of JAAT

  2. William Barr:

    If we do nothing because we are afraid of the polls or the politics, or the repercussions in the next election, we will set a precedent that, in fact, some people, because of the position of power and public trust that they hold, are above the law.

  3. Mike Ryan:

    I'm always very afraid in any process where the conclusions start looking for the evidence to support them, and we're dealing with a lot of that in the last few days around her, the difficulty, I think -- and I think we have to say this quite plainly -- all hypotheses are on the table, and it is definitely too early to come to a conclusion of exactly where this virus started either within or without China.

  4. Brian Rogers and Caitlin McGuire:

    For both of us, it was pretty easy to see this as a great opportunity to do something different, we were just working in the service industry so it's not like either of us had any full-fledged careers that we were afraid to leave behind or families that we were worried about risking or providing for.

  5. Rob Lefferts:

    The volume of successful attacks is correlated with the volume of virus impact, those attacks are more successful because people are more afraid.

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