afeared

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afeared

/əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/

Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English aferd.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of afear

adjective

dialectal Afraid. I ain't afeared of anything on this side o' the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o' the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him.

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"afeared." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/afeared. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"afeared." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/afeared.

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@misc{afeared_2026,
  title = {afeared},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/afeared},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}