Usually means: Afraid; old-fashioned or dialectical term.
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  1. afeared: Merriam-Webster
  2. afeared: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. afeared: Collins English Dictionary
  4. afeared: Vocabulary.com
  5. afeared: Wordnik
  6. afeared: Wiktionary
  7. afeared: Dictionary.com
  8. afeared: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Afeared: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. afeared: FreeDictionary.org
  11. afeared: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. afeared: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. Afeared: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (dialectal) Afraid.

Similar:
afraid, afeard, afeerd, affeared, affrighted, afrayed, ferd, affrightened, affeard, affraid, more...

Opposite:
unafraid, fearless, brave, courageous

Types:
scared, terrified, petrified, frightened, intimidated, more...


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Similar:
afraid, afeard, afeerd, affeared, affrighted, afrayed, ferd, affrightened, affeard, affraid, more...

Opposite:
unafraid, fearless, brave, courageous

Types:
scared, terrified, petrified, frightened, intimidated, more...



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