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afraid

/əˈfɹeɪd/

An illustration for afraid

adjective

worried that something bad will happen; scared

  • “She's afraid that the letter may fall into his hands.”Tatoeba
  • “He had not realized how much he had been afraid.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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