- Types Of Speech
- You can use afraid as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Afraid
- A 2 syllables adjective satellite and 6 letters with the letters a, d, f, i, and r, 3 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ra. Afraid starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, af, afr, afra, afrai, and the ending characters are d, id, aid, raid, fraid, ..
- Definition
- Filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement; "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"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Afraid is set as a grade two word that starts with a, ends with d, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is afraid a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Afraid in Pig Latin is said as "afraiday or afraidway".
- Unigram
- a | f | r | a | i | d
- Bigram
- af | fr | ra | ai | id
- Trigram
- afr | fra | rai | aid
- Quadrigram
- afra | frai | raid
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- filled with regret or concern;
used often to soften an unpleasant statement;
"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" - feeling worry or concern or insecurity;
"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" - having feelings of aversion or unwillingness;
"afraid of hard work";
"affaid to show emotion"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aboulic | suffering from abulia showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions |
| Abulic | suffering from abulia showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions |
| Afeared | |
| Aghast | |
| Aghastp | |
| Ailing | somewhat ill or prone to illness "my poor ailing grandmother" "feeling a bit indisposed today" "you look a little peaked" "feeling poorly" "a sickly child" "is unwell and can''t come to work" |
| Anxious | mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc worried "anxious parents" "anxious about her job" "not used to a city and anxious about small things" "felt apprehensive about the consequences" |
| Apologetic | offering or expressing apology "an apologetic note" "an apologetic manner" |
| Appalled | struck with fear, dread, or consternation |
| Apprehensive | in fear or dread of possible evil or harm "apprehensive for one''s life" "apprehensive of danger" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Afraid
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Afraid | filled with regret or concern used often to soften an unpleasant statement "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" |
View English words with the unique letters used in afraid. Words With The Letters Adfir
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Concerned | feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child" |
| Title | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negative Feelings | Describe afraid | A word list of negative feeling words and the best English words to describe negative emotions. Emotional negative words... read more |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday (6 letters) | 13 +3 | 12 +2 | friday | ||
| Afraid (6 letters) | 10 | 10 | afraid | ||
| Adrift (6 letters) | 10 | 10 | adrift | ||
| Driftway (8 letters) | 18 +8 | 17 +7 | driftway |
Afraid Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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