afraid

1. Filled with fear or apprehension (synset 300078253)
   "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"
   also:

   • timid - showing fear and lack of confidence
   • cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
   tells us about: fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
   similar to:

   • acrophobic - suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places
   • afeard, afeared - a pronunciation of afraid
   • aghast, appalled, dismayed, shocked - struck with fear, dread, or consternation
   • agoraphobic - suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places
   • alarmed - experiencing a sudden sense of danger
   • algophobic - suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain
   • apprehensive - in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
   • hangdog - frightened into submission or compliance
   • claustrophobic - suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places
   • fearful - experiencing or showing fear
   • frightened, scared - made afraid
   • horrified, horror-stricken, horror-struck - stricken with horror
   • hunted - reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
   • aquaphobic, hydrophobic - abnormally afraid of water
   • mysophobic - suffering from mysophobia; abnormally afraid of dirt or contamination
   • frightened, panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicked, panicky, terrified - thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
   • numb - so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
   • terror-stricken, terror-struck - struck or filled with terror
   • triskaidekaphobic - suffering from triskaidekaphobia (abnormal fear of the number 13)
   • unnerved - deprived of courage and strength
   • white-lipped - having white lips from fear or terror
   • xenophobic - suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign
2. Filled with regret or concern;
   Used often to soften an unpleasant statement (synset 300546213)
   "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"
   similar to: concerned - feeling or showing worry or solicitude
3. Feeling worry or concern or insecurity (synset 300546451)
   "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"
   similar to: concerned - feeling or showing worry or solicitude
4. Having feelings of aversion or unwillingness (synset 301296519)
   "afraid of hard work"; "afraid to show emotion"
   similar to: disinclined - unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval

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