afraid
adjective
[ əˈfreɪd ]
• feeling fear or anxiety; frightened.
• "I'm afraid of dogs"
Similar:
frightened,
scared,
scared stiff,
terrified,
fearful,
petrified,
nervous,
scared to death,
apprehensive (about),
intimidated (by),
alarmed (at),
uneasy,
tense,
worried,
panicky,
terror-stricken,
terror-struck,
horror-stricken,
horror-struck,
scared witless,
beside oneself,
frantic,
hysterical,
shaking in one's shoes,
shaking like a leaf,
timid,
timorous,
faint-hearted,
cowardly,
cowering,
cowed,
pusillanimous,
daunted,
nervy,
in a (blue) funk,
in a cold sweat,
in a flap,
in a fluster,
in a state,
in a tizzy/tizz,
yellow,
chicken,
jittery,
jumpy,
frit,
feart,
spooked,
afeared,
affrighted,
shit scared,
Origin:
Middle English: past participle of the obsolete verb affray, from Anglo-Norman French afrayer (see affray).
