English-Thai Dictionary

afraid

ADJ กลัว  เกรง  กลัวเกรง  หวาดกลัว  หวาดหวั่น  frightened fearful scared klua

 

afraid

ADJ เกรง ว่า  kreng-wa

 

afraid of one's own shadow

IDM ระแวง ตลอดเวลา  ตื่นตระหนก ง่าย  ra-waeng-ta-lod-we-la

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AFRAID

a.[The participle of affray. ] Impressed with fear or apprehension; fearful. This word expresses a less degree of fear than terrified or frightened. It is followed by of before the object of fear; as, to be afraid of death.
Joseph was afraid to sin against God.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AFRAID

A *fraid ", p. a. Etym: [OE. afrayed, affraide, p. p. of afraien to affray. See Affray, and cf. Afeard. ]

 

Defn: Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive. [Afraid comes after the noun it limits.] "Back they recoiled, afraid. " Milton.

 

Note: This word expresses a less degree of fear than terrified or frightened. It is followed by of before the object of fear, or by the infinitive, or by a dependent clause; as, to be afraid of death. "I am afraid to die. " "I am afraid he will chastise me. " "Be not afraid that I your hand should take. " Shak. I am afraid is sometimes used colloquially to soften a statement; as, I am afraid I can not help you in this matter.

 

Syn. -- Fearful; timid; timorous; alarmed; anxious.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

afraid

a fraid |əˈfrād əˈfreɪd | ▶adjective [ predic. ] feeling fear or anxiety; frightened: I'm afraid of dogs | she tried to think about the future without feeling afraid. • worried that something undesirable will occur or be done: he was afraid that the farmer would send the dog after them | she was afraid of antagonizing him. • [ with infinitive ] unwilling or reluctant to do something for fear of the consequences: I'm often afraid to go out on the streets. • (afraid for ) anxious about the well-being or safety of someone or something: William was suddenly afraid for her. PHRASES I'm afraid [ with clause ] used to express polite or formal apology or regret: I'm afraid I don't understand. ORIGIN Middle English: past participle of the obsolete verb affray, from Anglo-Norman French afrayer (see affray ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

afraid

afraid |əˈfreɪd | ▶adjective [ predic. ] feeling fear or anxiety; frightened: I'm afraid of dogs | she tried to think about the future without feeling afraid. • worried that something undesirable will occur or be done: she was afraid that he would be angry. • [ with infinitive ] unwilling or reluctant to do something for fear of the consequences: I'm often afraid to go out on the streets. • (afraid for ) anxious about the well-being or safety of: William was suddenly afraid for her. PHRASES I'm afraid [ with clause ] used to express polite or formal apology or regret: I'm afraid I don't understand. ORIGIN Middle English: past participle of the obsolete verb affray, from Anglo-Norman French afrayer (see affray ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

afraid

afraid adjective 1 they ran away because they were afraid: frightened, scared, terrified, fearful, petrified, scared witless, scared to death, terror-stricken, terror-struck, frightened out of one's wits, scared out of one's wits, shaking in one's shoes, shaking like a leaf; intimidated, alarmed, panicky; faint-hearted, cowardly; informal scared stiff, in a cold sweat, spooked; chicken; archaic afeared, affrighted. ANTONYMS brave, confident. 2 don't be afraid to ask questions: reluctant, hesitant, unwilling, disinclined, loath, slow, chary, shy. ANTONYMS confident. 3 I'm afraid that your daughter is ill: sorry, sad, distressed, regretful, apologetic. ANTONYMS pleased.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

afraid

afraid adjective 1 I'm afraid of dogs | they ran away because they were afraid: 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, frightened /scared out of one's wits, scared witless, beside oneself, frantic, hysterical, with one's heart in one's mouth, shaking in one's shoes, shaking like a leaf; timid, timorous, faint-hearted, cowardly, cowering, cowed, pusillanimous, daunted; Brit. nervy; informal 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; dialect frit; Scottish feart; N. Amer. informal spooked; vulgar slang shit scared; archaic afeared, affrighted. ANTONYMS unafraid, brave, confident. 2 don't be afraid to ask awkward questions: reluctant, unwilling, disinclined, loath, slow; hesitant about, chary of, shy of, averse to. ANTONYMS keen, confident. 3 I'm afraid that your daughter is ill: sorry, sad, distressed, regretful, apologetic, unhappy, remorseful, rueful. WORD LINKS afraid -phobic afraid of someone /something, as in claustrophobic, xenophobic -phobe person who is afraid of someone /something, as in Anglophobe, technophobe Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

afraid

a fraid /əfréɪd /〖語源は 「おびやかされた 」〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〖be afraid of A 〗〈人が 〉A 〈物 事 〉を恐れている, Aがこわい , いやだ (!｟よりかたく ｠では 動詞 fearを, ｟よりくだけて ｠ではbe scared of Aを用いる ) ▸ Some people are afraid of the dark .暗やみをこわがる人たちがいる ▸ Mike is not afraid of hard work .マイクは困難な仕事をいやがらない 2 〖be afraid to do /of doing 〗〈人が 〉 (結果を心配して )こわくて …できない [したくない ], 遠慮して … できない ▸ I was so afraid to enter the room .私はとてもこわくてその部屋に入ることができなかった (!強調する時はsoのほかにvery (much ), really, terriblyなども用いる ) ▸ Don't be afraid to ask questions .遠慮せずに質問しなさい ▸ Taro was never afraid of giving his views .太郎は決して恐れずに自分の意見を述べた 3 〖be afraid of doing /(that )節 〗〈人が 〉…[するの ]ではないかと心配する , 恐れる (!｟くだけて ｠ではthatはしばしば省略; thatの代わりにlestを用いるのは ｟文 ｠) ▸ Mary was afraid of not sleeping [that she might not sleep ].メリーは眠れないかもしれないと心配だった ▸ Because I was afraid of him coming back, I moved .彼が戻ってくるのではと心配になり私は引っ越した 4 〖be afraid for A 〗〈人が 〉A 〈人 事 (の様子 安否 )〉を気にかける, 心配する ▸ We are all afraid for her safety .私たちはみんな彼女の無事を気にかけている I'm afr á id (to s à y )｟話 ｠〖挿入句的に 〗申し訳ないですが, 残念ながら «…でしょう » «(that )節 » (↔I hope ) (!(1 )相手に都合の悪い話者の判断や相手に対する遠慮を丁寧に表す. (2 )接続詞thatは通例省略 ) ▸ I'm afraid I don't eat meat. ≒I don't eat meat, I'm afraid .申し訳ありませんが私は肉を食べません (I'm ) afr à id n ó t .残念ながらそうではありません (!｟話 ｠では 'Fraid not. とも ) ▸ “Do you know the lady's name? ” “No, (I'm ) afraid not . ”「あの女性の名前を知っていますか 」「あいにくわかりません 」(I'm ) afr á id s ò .残念ながらそのようです (!｟話 ｠では 'Fraid so. とも ) ▸ “Is this pearl an imitation? ” “(I'm ) afraid so . ”「この真珠が偽物ですって 」「残念ながらそのようです 」