afraid

Etymology
From, , past participle of , from , from , , from fro, from , from , from , from ,. . Compare also. More at,.

Adjective

 * 1) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
 * 2)  Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.
 * 3)  Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
 * 1)  Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.
 * 2)  Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
 * 1)  Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.
 * 2)  Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
 * 1)  Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
 * 1)  Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
 * 1)  Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).

Usage notes

 * expresses a lesser degree of fear than or . It is often followed by the preposition  and the object of fear, or by an infinitive, or by a dependent clause, as shown in the examples above.

Translations

 * American Sign Language: 5@NearSideChesthigh-PalmBack-5@NearSideChesthigh-PalmBack 5@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmBack-5@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmBack
 * Arabic:, مَرْعُوب
 * Hijazi Arabic: خايف
 * South Levantine Arabic: خايف
 * Armenian: վախեցած
 * Belarusian: які́ баі́цца, бая́цца
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: amb por
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: bojácný,, vystrašený
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Faroese: ræddur, bangin
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃
 * Hebrew: מְפַחֵד,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: eaglach; "I am afraid" — tá eagla orm
 * Italian: con paura
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: қорыққан
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ກົວ,
 * Latin: metuens, timidus
 * Latvian: bail, bailīgs
 * Louisiana Creole French: pœr, pè
 * Lü: ᦷᦂ
 * Macedonian: уплашен
 * Malay:
 * Maori: uruwehi, pūihi,, koera
 * Middle English: dredful
 * Norman: êpeûthé
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish: obawiać się, bać się
 * Portuguese: com medo
 * Russian:  ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Shan:
 * Slovak: vystrašený
 * Spanish: con miedo, con temor, con susto,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: takot
 * Tetum: ta'uk
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: наляканий, ляка́тися,
 * Ute: i'javaga (Chemehuevi)
 * Vietnamese:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, pelkäänpä
 * German: ;
 * Hungarian: attól tart, ,
 * Irish: is eagal le
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: temerse que

Adjective

 * 1) unnecessary, unessential
 * 2) * 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:
 * "cy"

- mogelwch yma golyn a fo goeg, ag afu gwyn— a choegddyn crin, ledryn crach, o fradwr—nid afreidiach;


 * 1) * c. 1600, Edmwnd Prys, quoted in A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative by J. Morris Jones, Oxford: 1913, p. 44:
 * "cy"

- Amlwg fydd trŵyn a’r wyneb; Afraid i ni nodi neb.

Noun

 * 1) superfluity, extravagance