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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AFEARD

Old English āfǣred, from afǣran to frighten, from fǣran to fear.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AFEARD

afeard  [əˈfɪəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFEARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Afeard is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AFEARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

afeard

Fear

Fear is an emotion induced by a threat perceived by living entities, which causes a change in brain and organ function and ultimately a change in behavior, such as running away, hiding or freezing from traumatic events. Fear may occur in response to a specific stimulus happening in the present, or to a future situation, which is perceived as risk to health or life, status, power, security, or in the case of humans wealth or anything held valuable. The fear response arises from the perception of danger leading to confrontation with or escape from/avoiding the threat, which in extreme cases of fear can be a freeze response or paralysis. In humans and animals, fear is modulated by the process of cognition and learning. Thus fear has been judged as rational or appropriate and irrational or inappropriate. An irrational fear is called a phobia. Psychologists such as John B. Watson, Robert Plutchik, and Paul Ekman have suggested that there is only a small set of basic or innate emotions and that fear is one of them. This hypothesized set includes such emotions as joy, sadness, fright, dread, horror, panic, anxiety, acute stress reaction and anger.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFEARD


afeared
əˈfɪəd
atmosphered
ˈætməˌsfɪəd
Bayard
ˈbeɪəd
beard
bɪəd
cosphered
kəʊˈsfɪəd
desired
dɪˈzaɪəd
disappeared
ˌdɪsəˈpɪəd
fyrd
fɪəd
Hilliard
ˈhɪlɪəd
inspired
ɪnˈspaɪəd
layered
ˈleɪəd
myriad
ˈmɪrɪəd
period
ˈpɪərɪəd
required
rɪˈkwaɪəd
retired
rɪˈtaɪəd
revered
rɪˈvɪəd
tired
ˈtaɪəd
unfeared
ʌnˈfɪəd
weird
wɪəd
wired
waɪəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFEARD

afald
afar
afara
Afars and the Issas
afawld
AFB
AFC
AFDC
afear
afeared
afebrile
aff
affability
affable
affably
affair
affaire
affaire d´amour
affaire d´honneur
affaire de coeur

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFEARD

Aaron´s beard
billy goat beard
Blackbeard
Bluebeard
debeard
eard
goatsbeard
graybeard
greater forkbeard
greybeard
grow the beard
hawk´s-beard
heard
old man´s beard
unheard
Vandyke beard
whitebeard
yeard

Synonyms and antonyms of afeard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «afeard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFEARD

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Translator English - Chinese

afeard
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

afeard
570 millions of speakers

English

afeard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

afeard
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

afeard
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

afeard
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afeard
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

afeard
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

afeard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Afeard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

afeard
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

afeard
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

afeard
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Afeard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

afeard
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

afeard
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वादी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Korkmayın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aver paura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

afeard
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

afeard
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

afeard
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

afeard
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

afeard
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

afeard
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

afeard
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of afeard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFEARD»

The term «afeard» is normally little used and occupies the 128.714 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFEARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about afeard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFEARD»

Discover the use of afeard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to afeard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The English dialect dictionary
AFEARD, my. In gen. dial. use throughout Sc. Irel. and Eng. See below. [ofio'rd, afio'd] Afraid, frightened, struck with fear or terror. Sc. Afcir'd, GROSE (r790) MS. odd. ((3.). Ir. The bit ofa house there does he that quite and lonesome on me.
J. Wright, 2004
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Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes. To ...
A conqueror, and afeard to speak ! - Love's Labour Lo/!. — Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion - Mid. Night's Dream. — This is a knavery of them, to make me afeard - - Ibid. — And yet to be afeard of my deserving were but a weak disabling  ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe, 1791
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An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by ...
A F F A Afeard. A conqueror, and afeard to speak 1 * t Lcve'i Labour Loft.x 5 — Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion - Mid.Night's Drcam.\ 3 — This is a knavery of them, to make me afeard t - - Hid.' — And yet to be afeard of my deserving ...
Samuel Ayscough, 1790
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Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes
A. S- P. C.L. Asmd. A conqueror, and afeard to speak! - Lwdr Labour Lrss. 5 a' 17! 2'54 - Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion - MidJVigbFs Dream. 3 t 183 iss42 - This is a knavery of them, to make me afeard - - lþid. 3 1 184 llzg - And yet to ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, 1790
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An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made Use of by ...
A. S. P. C. L. Afeard. A conqueror, and afeard to speak ! - Love's Labour Lost. 5 2 - Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion - Mid. Night's Dream. 3 l - This is a knavery of them, to make me afeard - - I bid. 8 l _ And yet to be afeard of my deserving ...
Samuel Ayscough, 1827
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An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made Use of by ...
A conqueror, and afeard to speak! - Loue't Labour Lest. 5 - Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion - Mid.Nigbr't Dream. 3 - This is a knavery of them, to make me afeard - - Ibsd. 3 - And yet to be afeard of my deserving were but a weak disabling ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, 1790
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Dramatic works with explanatory notes. A new ed., to which ...
A conqueror, and afeard to speak! - Lo-t'e': Labour LqI.]N 5' 2. -- Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion - Mid.Nx'gbr'i Dream. 3 1 - This is a knave-ry os them, to make me aseard - - Ibid. 3 1 - And yet to be afeard os my dcserving were but a  ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, 1790
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The Bengal Annual: A Literary Keepsake for 1830
Lack a daisy ! it is a pity that your honorable valour is bound by this vow; for I am sure by my certies that if it were not for that, you are no wise afeard. Waggerblade . — Afeard ! Death and ten thousand furies ! afeard ! mongrel dog-fish, thou hast ...
David Lester Richardson, 1830
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The Complete Works of J. M. Synge
[she looks towards the window and lowers her voice] It's other things than the like of you, stranger, would make a person afeard. tramp [Looking round with a half- shudder] It is surely, God help us all! nora [Looking at him for a moment with ...
J. M. Synge, Aidan Arrowsmith, 2008
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An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words: Made Use of ...
A. S Afmd. A eo ueror,and afeard to speak l - LmU Labour L-ss. 5 - Will not the adies be afeard of the lion - Mizl. N/gbsh Dream. 5 - This isa ltnavery of them, to make me afeard - - Hid. 3 - And yet to be afeard of my delerving were but a weak  ...
Samuel Ayscough, 1791

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFEARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term afeard is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sam Waterston Wields Prospero's Staff In Breezy 'Tempest' – Review
“Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will ... «Deadline, Jun 15»
2
England v New Zealand: third ODI – as it happened
Stokes, as if afeard of being upstaged, carves Wheeler nonchalantly and yet forcefully through the offside for four. Billings then survives a ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Kentucky Shakespeare's Can't-Miss Performance of The Tempest
In Shakespeare's "The Tempest," the famous playwright describes the island where the story takes place with “Be not afeard; the isle is full of ... «Louisville.com, Jun 15»
4
Testament of Youth Is a Necessary Reminder of the Impact and …
... death to make her understand the words of the common soldier Michael Williams at Shakespeare's Agincourt: “I am afeard there are few die ... «Vulture, Jun 15»
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The Rhetoric Of Equal Rights: Without God What Sense Does It Make?
Did they revel in the vainglorious pleasures Shakespeare epitomizes in Macbeth, who was “Nothing afeard of what thyself didst make, strange ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
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Teen opinion: why reading Shakespeare should be fun
“Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, / Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.” Though The Tempest was written around ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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The Tempest at Kinlet Hall
“Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not." Welcome to Prospero's island, a place where ... «Shropshire Tourism, Apr 15»
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Want to 'develop a vision' for 1630 acres of Preston Hollow? There's …
... here before ascending to the wood-paneled Opinion Blog, this is all about density — those who want it, and those afeard of more congestion. «Dallas Morning News, Apr 15»
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The Jew of Malta – antisemitic or a satire on antisemitism?
Contemporary accounts of Marlowe paint him as a trenchant critic of religious superstition – one who “perswades men … not to be afeard of ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Shakespeare's delineation of characters
Art thou afeard/ To be the same in thine own act and valor/ as thou art in desire.” And again: “I have given suck and know/ How tender 'tis to ... «The Hindu, Mar 15»

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