• Afeared

    Pronunciation

    Homophones: afeard, affeard, affeared

    Verb

    afeared
    1. afeared

      (past of afear)

    Full definition of afeared

    Adjective

    afeared

    1. (dialectal) Afraid.
      • 1886, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Study in Scarlet"I ain't afeared of anything on this side o' the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o' the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him.
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