afeared
pronunciation
How to pronounce afeared in British English:
UK [ə'fɪəd]
How to pronounce afeared in American English:
US [ə'fɪrd]
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- Adjective:
- a pronunciation of afraid
Word Origin
- afeared (adj.)
- Old English afæred, past participle of now-obsolete afear (Old English afæran) "to terrify," from a- (1) + færan (see fear (v.)). Used frequently by Shakespeare, but supplanted in literary English after 1700 by afraid (q.v.). It still survives in popular and colloquial speech.