Afraid - English meaning

adjective

Feeling or showing fear or anxiety.

Usage examples:

They are fearful of the threat of nuclear war

adjective

Showing or causing fear; frightened or worried about something

Usage examples:

A fearful expression/reaction, fearful dangers, he was fearful of driving on the icy streets.

adjective

Afraid or anxious.

Usage examples:

A frightened child

verb

Make (someone) afraid or anxious.

Usage examples:

The savagery of his thoughts frightened him

adjective

Feeling fear or worry

Usage examples:

She gets frightened when he shouts at her., the police officer found a frightened child in the hut.…

adjective

Easily agitated or alarmed.

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A sensitive, nervous person

adjective

Feeling or characterized by uncontrollable fear or anxiety.

Usage examples:

I started to feel panicky and breathless

adjective

Feeling suddenly very worried or frightened

Usage examples:

A panicky feeling/expression/action, is he the panicky type?

adjective

So frightened that one is unable to move; terrified.

Usage examples:

The petrified child clung to her mother

verb

Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.

adjective

Very frightened

Usage examples:

As soon as they got on the stage they were petrified with fright.

adjective

Fearful; frightened.

Usage examples:

I wasn't scared at all

verb

Cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.

Usage examples:

I was scared stiff

adjective

(especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid.

Usage examples:

She tried to relax her tense muscles

verb

Become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness.

Usage examples:

Her body tensed up

noun

A set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time (and sometimes also the continuance or completeness) of the action in relation to the time of the utterance.

Usage examples:

The future tense

verb

Cause to feel extreme fear.

Usage examples:

The thought terrifies me

adjective

Extremely frightened

adjective

Causing or feeling anxiety; troubled or uncomfortable.

Usage examples:

She felt guilty now and a little uneasy

adjective

Anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

Michelle knew that her friends were very worried about her

verb

Feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He worried about his soldier sons in the war

adjective

Anxious because you're thinking about problems or other unpleasant things that are happening or may happen

Usage examples:

We were very worried when he did not answer his phone., she had a worried look on her face.