afeard
adjective
afeared
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a variation of
afeard.
Example Sentences
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It included an episode in which Pepys was "afeared to be seen" in a summer suit he had just bought "because it was too fine with the gold lace at the hands".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
I am afeared, Being in night, all this is but a dream, Too flattering sweet to be substantial.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2016
Sir Kenneth Branagh as Isambard Kingdom Brunel in a stovepipe hat channelled Shakespeare's Prospero: "Be not afeared: the isle is full of noise."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2012
I said, “You saw him four times! Ain’t you afeared of getting floated off?”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Maybe I use to be a little fra-gile, but I ain’t been afeared of nonsense nor run off screaming ’bout the littlest things for the longest time.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
