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Afraid
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1. afraid
filled with fear or apprehension
Example Sentences:'afraid even to turn his head''suddenly looked afraid''afraid for his life''afraid of snakes''afraid to ask questions'
2. afraid
filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
Example Sentences:'I'm afraid I won't be able to come''he was afraid he would have to let her go''I'm afraid you're wrong'
3. afraid
feeling worry or concern or insecurity
Example Sentences:'She was afraid that I might be embarrassed''terribly afraid of offending someone''I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict'
4. afraid
having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
Example Sentences:'afraid of hard work''afraid to show emotion'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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