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Definition: Afraid |
AfraidAdjective1. Filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions". 2. 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". 3. 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". 4. Having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "affaid to show emotion". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "afraid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Afraid \A*fraid"\, p. adjective. [from Old English expression afrayed, affraide, past participle of afraien to affray. See Affray, and compare to Afeard.]. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To feel that you are afraid to proceed with some affair, or continue a journey, denotes that you will find trouble in your household, and enterprises will be unsuccessful. To see others afraid, denotes that some friend will be deterred from performing some favor for you because of his own difficulties. For a young woman to dream that she is afraid of a dog, there will be a possibility of her doubting a true friend. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Afraid He who trembles to hear a leaf fall should keep out of the wood. This is a French proverb: "Qui a peur de feuilles, ne doit aller au bois." Our corresponding English proverb is, "He who fears scars shouldn't go the wars." The timid should not voluntarily expose themselves to danger. "Little boats should keep near shore, Larger ones may venture more." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: AfraidSynonym: afraid(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unafraid(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fear | Verb: fear, stand in awe of; be afraid; Adjective: have qualms; Noun: apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance; distrust; (disbelieve). |
Afraid, fearful; timid, timorous; nervous, diffident, coy, faint-hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety; more frightened than hurt. | |
Irresolution | Verb: be irresolute; Adjective: hang in suspense, keep in suspense; leave "ad referendum"; think twice about, pause; dawdle; (inactivity); remain neuter; dillydally, hesitate, boggle, hover, dacker, hum and haw, demur, not know one's own mind; debate, balance; dally with, coquet with; will and will not, chaser-balancer; go halfway, compromise, make a compromise; be thrown off one's balance, stagger like a drunken man; be afraid; let "I dare not" wait upon "I would"; falter, waver |
Uncertainty | In a state of uncertainty, in a cloud, in a maze; bushed, off the track; ignorant.; afraid to say; out of one's reckoning, astray, adrift; at sea, at fault, at a loss, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus; puzzled; Verb: lost, abroad, d_sorient_; distracted, distraught. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Afraid |
| English words defined with "afraid": acrophobic, Adrad, agoraphobic, algophobic, all the same, aquaphobic, arrogantly ♦ Because of, big top, bloomers ♦ chicken, circus tent, claustrophobic, considerably ♦ determent, deterrence, dive, drawers, dread ♦ even so ♦ fear, fearfulness, Formidolose, frightened ♦ however, hydrophobic ♦ import, intimidation ♦ knickers ♦ mortally, mysophobic ♦ nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding ♦ pants ♦ round top ♦ scared, spell, still, substantially ♦ To try on, top ♦ well, What time, What time as, withal ♦ yet. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "afraid": Ass ♦ Damocles' Sword, Dying Sayings ♦ ghost, GLYNN ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal ♦ Saddle up, buttercup, story ♦ Vanity. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "afraid": terror. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Afraid" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Welsh (needless, unnecessary). |
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Screenplays | Well, I can respect your opinion, Sadly I'm not good at rejection, I'm afraid you'll have to die (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) I am afraid, madam, my days are sacrosanct (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Two of them were killers that never made it past the age of 35. The other is a non-practicing attorney, living within the pain of his past, too afraid to let go, finding reassurance instead of confronting its horror (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) I'm not afraid to die. (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht) Be afraid. Be very afraid (The Fly; writing credit: David Cronenberg and Charles Edward Pogue.) | |
Lyrics | Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly (Ironic; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) So everybody everywhere Don't be afraid don't have no fear (Everybody(Backstreet's Back); performing artist: BACKSTREET BOYS) Baby, I'm too afraid (I Heard a Rumour; performing artist: Bananarama) Sometimes you feel so afraid (I Made It Through The Rain; performing artist: Barry Manilow) Baby I was afraid before (Heaven Is A Place On Earth; performing artist: Belinda Carlisle) | |
Clever | I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens. (references; author: Woody Allen) Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. (references; author: unknown) Don't be afraid of tomorrow, for God has already been there. (references; author: unknown) He is not afraid of work, you can tell by the way he fights it. (references; author: unknown) Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) Wonder Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? (1967) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Man Afraid (1957) Afraid to Talk (1932) | |
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![]() | Civilization and Billy didn't work out Billy at Seattle - afraid of the cars Billy was given a new home at the Seattle zoo. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | For I was afraid of the church. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Milo Brant had a feeling that he was lonesome and afraid. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Confound it, I can't do anything, but I'm afraid to go home, it might be triplets. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | 'Don't look now, but I'm afraid somebody is following us'. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Don't be afraid of the gas, Calvin!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Afraid of Eagle, Sioux. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The new pup Don't be afraid of him son!! / / Satterfield, 1913. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Indian chiefs and U.S. officials. 1. Two Strike. 2. Crow Dog. 3. Short Bull. 4. High Hawk. 5. Two Lance. 6. Kicking Bear. 7. Good Voice. 8. Thunder Hawk. 9. Rocky Bear. 10. Young Man Afraid of His Horse. 11. American Horse. 12. W.F. Cody (Buf. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Stenographers! The Kaiser is afraid of you! There is a shortage of 5000 stenographers ... / / H. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Who's afraid of the doctor? 1" by Zhe Zhang Commentary: "Me holding a syringe in one hand and my camera in the other." | "1965 VW Kharmann Ghia (rear)" by Aaron Gardner Commentary: "I'm afraid this picture is a little 'dirty', I did what I could to remove noise and such, but I think my camera needs a good clean inside. The exhaust is rusty, and does kind of spoil the picture, I can only presume it's sacrificial to England's speed bum" |
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| Afraid; alarmed; apprehensive; blanched; dismayed; distressed; frightened; horrified; intimidated; nervous; panic-stricken; petrified; run scared; scared; scared stiff; shocked; spooked; startled; stunned; suspicious; terrified; terror-stricken; timid; ti. | Terror; alarm; anxiety; consternation; dismay; dread; fearfulness; fright; horror; intimidation; panic; shock; trepidation; trepid; fear; afraid. | ||
| Hot under the collar; anxious; afraid; aghast; antsy; apprehensive; basket case; bugged; butterflies; careful; choked; clutched; concerned; disquieted; distressed; disturbed; dreading; fearful; fidgety; fretful; hacked; hyper; in suspense; jittery; jumpy. | |||
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| Author | Quotation |
Anonymous Miscellaneous | Death is afraid of him because he has the heart of a lion. |
Billie Jean King | Champions are afraid to lose when most others are afraid to win. |
Blaise Pascal | Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. |
Horace | The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime. |
Jules Renard | If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. |
Louisa May Alcott | I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Always do what you are afraid to do. |
Steven Wright | Even snakes are afraid of snakes. |
Viktor E. Frankl | Fear may come true that which one is afraid of. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Her cheeks flushed at the name, and she felt afraid of something, though she knew not what |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | She was rather startled by the fall, as for some time he had kept on very well, and she was afraid that he really was hurt this time |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | I am afraid I have not. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The scarred veteran was afraid of the old maid |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Be not afraid. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Nay, good my lord, be not afraid of shadows |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They went to the unit building, and that time Ruthie was not afraid. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I saw no inhabitants in the place where I landed, and being unarmed, I was afraid of venturing far into the country |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I was actually afraid that I might by that time be doing what is called a good business |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | I'm afraid of becoming addicted. (references) | |
The young person facing surgery is likely to be afraid. (references) | ||
Don't be afraid to ask a friend or family member for help with cooking or shopping. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Uzbekistan | Ordinary citizens remain afraid to express views critical of the President and the Government in public. (references) |
Uzbekistan | In the early 1990's, opposition activists announced the formation of the religious Adolat-True Path Party but never pursued formal registration, claiming that their members were afraid of government reprisals. (references) | |
Solomon Islands | During the year, non-Guadalcanese, especially Malaitans, effectively were barred from entering Guadalcanal Province for fear of being attacked, while many non-Malaitans, especially Guadalcanalese, were afraid to enter Honiara. (references) | |
Economic History | Norway | The market for telecommunications services is very promising and holds great opportunities for companies with state-of-the-art technology who are not afraid of competition. (references) |
Human Rights | Brazil | Afraid of rebellion, the authorities limit inmates' use of the bathroom. (references) |
Ghana | Many residents reportedly were afraid to return home for fear of further attacks. (references) | |
Minorities | Russia | The fire department and an ambulance arrived quickly, and the following day, the police investigated the scene and gathered evidence; however, according to the pastor, the perpetrators had not been arrested by year's end, and many parishioners were afraid to attend services with their families. (references) |
Political Economy | OMAN | That said, foreign workers are typically unaware of their right to take disputes over contract enforcement to the Labor Welfare Board or are afraid that questions regarding their employment status will result in deportation. (references) |
Women | Peru | Many victims are afraid of personally filing a complaint of sexual abuse, particularly in cases where the perpetrators were police officers. (references) |
Worker Rights | Zimbabwe | Many employees are afraid to do so, for fear of management reprisals. (references) |
Fiji | Since employers reserve the right to fire union organizers, some workers are afraid to unionize. (references) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | In many cases women are afraid to testify against their traffickers and the judicial system offers them little protection. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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Andy Rooney | I'm afraid I do, mostly. They have to make so many concessions in their lives to being dead honest to get the money together and they can call it cooperating with the other part, but not being honest about their positions is what it is very often. |
Celine Dion | Of course. Of course. And it made even it more special, to think a day at a time. And even today I'm afraid of losing me, I'm afraid of losing him. Every day becomes a very special day now, and we got to be thankful for that. |
Dan Rather | Well, I'm not capable of summing it up. Among the thoughts in my mind are, one, the people who are most afraid are the people in the most danger. And I keep reminding myself of that. Anthrax is not the major danger to us. Fear is. |
Gennifer Flowers | My home had been ransacked, I had received threats. My mother received threats. People were getting beaten. I was afraid for my life basically. |
John Hartmann | Look, David, I know you're counting on me to play a key role in your hollow charade, but I'm afraid it's a lost cause. |
Rush Limbaugh | There are a lot of questions that remain unanswered, and that won't get answered if we're afraid to ask them. |
Sylvia Browne | OK. But this is very reasonable because you have always had a little bit of problem, as many people have, but especially you, of making choices. You're always afraid you're going to make the wrong choice. |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We earnestly hope that time will bring a Russia that is less afraid of diversity and individual freedom. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | For the first time, because the people of the world want peace, and the leaders of the world are afraid of war, the times are on the side of peace. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | But Americans as a united people, working with our allies and friends, have never been afraid to face problems and to solve problems, either here or abroad. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Many around the world were afraid we would do just that. |
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| "Afraid" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Afraid" is used about 5,961 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5,961 | 1,636 |
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Expressions using "afraid": afraid of ♦ afraid of flying ♦ afraid of people ♦ afraid of the dark ♦ be afraid ♦ be afraid for ♦ be afraid of ♦ be afraid of responsibility ♦ be afraid of smth. ♦ be afraid that ♦ be afraid to do ♦ be rather afraid ♦ be rather afraid of ♦ become afraid ♦ feel afraid to speak ♦ i am afraid ♦ i'm afraid not ♦ i'm afraid not!. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "afraid": afraid-to-rock. | |
Ending with "afraid": half-afraid. | |
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| Language | Translations for "afraid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | angstig (fearful, horrible), benepe (in distress, timid), bedug (agitated, anxious, troubled), bang. (various references) | |
Albanian | i frikësuar (frightened, scared). (various references) | |
Arabic | متأسف (sorry), خائف (coward, fearful, frightened). (various references) | |
Aymara | ajhsaraña (to be afraid). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | sstonno (to be afraid). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уплашен (scare, scared, scary), изплашен (all shook-up, chicken, frightened, frightening, jittery, panicky, planet-stricken, planet-struck, shook-up, streaky, timorous, windy). (various references) | |
Chinese | 恐怕 (I think, perhaps), 怯 (rustic), 怖 (frightened, terrified, terror), 慄 (trembling), 懾 (be feared, to fear, to frighten, to intimidate), 悸 , 恐 (frightened, to fear), 害怕 (terrified, terrify, terrifying), 危懼 (apprehensive). (various references) | |
Czech | polekaný (frightened), podìšený. (various references) | |
Danish | sky (abashed, cloud, self-conscious, shy, timid), bange (timid). (various references) | |
Dutch | lafhartig, laf, bang (agitated, alarming, anxious, grave, serious, timid, troubled). (various references) | |
Esperanto | timigita (fearful), timema (timid), tima, malkuraĝa. (various references) | |
Faeroese | ræddur. (various references) | |
Farsi | متاسف (Sorry), هراسان , ترسیده , ترسنده , ترسان (Scary). (various references) | |
Finnish | pelkäänpä, että niin on (I am afraid so), pelkään pahoin, että (I am very much afraid that), pelätä (be afraid, be afraid of, fear), olla peloissaan (be afraid, be afraid for, be anxious about, be frightened), minua pelottaa (I am afraid, I dread, I feel frightened), hän pelkäsi putoavansa (he was afraid of falling), en varmaankaan (I am afraid I ...), ei oikein hyvää (I am afraid, not too well). (various references) | |
French | timide. (various references) | |
Frisian | lef, eangstich (fearful), benaud (fearful). (various references) | |
German | ängstlich (anxious, anxiously, apprehensive, apprehensively, cringing, fearful, fearfully, funky, scared, scary, scrupulous, scrupulously, terrified, timid, timorous, uneasy), befürchtend (fearing), bange (anxiety, anxious, apprehension, frightened, funky, nervousness, scared, tremble, uneasy, worried). (various references) | |
Greek | που φοβάται, φοβισμένοσ (apprehensive, eerie, jittery), φοβισμένος (fearful). (various references) | |
Hebrew | יגור (fearing), חושש (anxious, apprehensive, fearful, hesitating), חרד (anxious, fearful, pious, solicitous), בהול (anxious, excited, hasty, rush, urgent, worried), נבהל (frightened, hasty, panic stricken). (various references) | |
Hungarian | riadt (fearsome, startled), félõs. (various references) | |
Icelandic | vera hræddur við (be afraid of, fear), vera hræddur (be afraid of, fear). (various references) | |
Indonesian | takut (apprehensive, dastard, dread, scary), jeri (be hesitant, frightened, waver), geman (frightened), gamang (nervous). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | kappiasuktuq (to be afraid). (various references) | |
Irish | faiteach, eaglach. (various references) | |
Italian | pauroso (chicken hearted, eerie, fearful, frightening, nervous, scary, timid, timorous), inquieto (disquiet, flurries, harasses, nervous, restless, tormented, uneasy, unsettles, worried), angoscioso (agonizing, distressing, fearful, grievous, scary, timid, timidly). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 恐怖 (be afraid, dismay, dread, terror), 恐れる (to be afraid of, to fear). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おそれる (to be afraid of, to fear), おそるるなかれ (Be not afraid), おそる (to be afraid, to fear), きょうふ (be afraid, dismay, dread, godfather, terror), ざんねんながら (I'm afraid to say, I'm sorry to say), びくびく (be afraid of, be fearful, be nervous, be timid), こわがる (to be afraid of, to be nervous, to be shy, to dread, to fear), あぶながる (to be afraid of, to feel uneasy about, to shrink from). (various references) | |
Malay | takut (timid). (various references) | |
Manx | aggle (er) (windy), aggle (awe, dread, fear, fright, timidity, windy). (various references) | |
Norwegian | sjenert (abashed, coy, self-conscious, shy, timid). (various references) | |
Papiamen | miedoso (timid). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | afraiday.(various references) | |
Polish | bać się (be afraid of, fear). (various references) | |
Portuguese | receoso (apprehensive, quaky, timid, timorous, tremulant, tremulous, uneasy). (various references) | |
Romanian | speriat (afeard, fearful, haggard). (various references) | |
Russian | испуганный (chicken livered, frightened, scared). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uplašen (frightened), plašljiv (craven, fearful, fearsome, henhearted, hen-hearted, lily livered, mousey, mousy, scary, shy, timid, tremulous), bojažljiv (timid). (various references) | |
Spanish | temeroso (apprehensive, fearful, horrible, scary, timidly, timorous), miedoso (anguish, distress, fear, fearful, fright, funky, nervous, windy), tímido (bashful, blushing, capon, coy, diffident, faint-hearted, fearful, mousey, mousy, nervous, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, timid, timorous, tongue tied), miedo (agony, anguish, apprehension, fear, fearnought, fright, nervousness, timid, trepidation), medroso (faint, faint-hearted, fearful), encogido (constrained, pursy, shrunken, timid), asustado (frightened, scared, startled), angustioso (anguished, anxious, distressed, distressing, fearful, heartbreaking). (various references) | |
Sranan | frede (be afraid of, fear). (various references) | |
Swedish | rädd (chary, eery, fearful, frightened, jealous, scared, timid, timorous). (various references) | |
Tagalog | takót, natákot. (various references) | |
Turkish | korkmuş (awestruck, frightened, ill with fear, scared, terrified, windy), korkan (afraid of, atremble, phobe, shy). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ьяюenmek (be afraid), namartlamak (be afraid, get cold feet), gorkmak (be afraid), eяmenmek (be afraid, fear), зekinmek (be afraid, embarrassed, feel shy). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | наляканий (fearful, funky, pop-eyed), зляканий (blue, frightened, windy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sợ (cried, cry), hoảng sợ (frightened, panic, panic-stricken, planet-stricken, planet-struck), hoảng, hãi. (various references) | |
Welsh | ag ofn arno, ofnus (apprehensive, nervous, timid). (various references) | |
Zulu | -esaba (be afraid of, fear). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | formido. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | forht. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 6, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de legei autoiV egw eimi mh fobeisqe |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ille autem dicit eis ego sum nolite timere |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | He cwæð þa to heom. Ic hyt eom.ne on-drædeð eow. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he seide to hem, Y am; nyle ye drede. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he sayde vnto them: It is I be not a frayde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But he saith to them, It is I; be not afraid. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But he said to them, It is I, have no fear. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 6, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | apan siya miingon kanila, "Ako kini; ayaw kamo kalisang." |
| Chinese | 耶 穌 對 他 們 說 、 是 我 . 不 要 怕 。 |
| Croatian | a on æe njima: "Ja sam! Ne bojte se!" |
| Danish | Men han siger til dem: "Det er mig; frygter ikke!" |
| Dutch | Maar Hij zeide tot hen: Ik ben het; zijt niet bevreesd. |
| Finnish | Mutta hän sanoi heille: "Minä se olen; älkää peljätkö". |
| French | Mais Jésus leur dit: C`est moi; n`ayez pas peur! |
| German | Er aber sprach zu ihnen: Ich bin's; fürchtet euch nicht! |
| Haitian Creole | Men, Jezi di yo: Se mwen menm. Nou pa bezwen pè. |
| Hungarian | Õ pedig monda nékik: Én vagyok, ne féljetek! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi Yesus berkata kepada mereka, "Jangan takut, ini Aku!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi kata Yesus kepada mereka itu, "Inilah Aku, jangan takut." |
| Italian | Ma egli disse loro: «Sono io, non temete». |
| Korean | 가 라 사 대 ` 내 니 두 려 워 말 라 !' 하 신 대 |
| Maori | Na ka mea ia ki a ratou, Ko ahau tenei, aua e wehi. |
| Norwegian | Men han sa til dem: Det er mig, frykt ikke! |
| Portuguese | Mas ele lhes disse: Sou eu; não temais. |
| Rumanian | Dar Isus le -a zis: ,,Eu sknt, nu vq temeyi!`` |
| Russian | оП пО УЛБЪБМ ЙН: ЬФП с; ОЕ ВПКФЕУШ. |
| Shuar | Tura Jesus "Wiitjai. Ashamprukairap" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Pero él les dijo: --¡Yo soy; no temáis! |
| Swahili | Yesu akawaambia, "Ni mimi, msiogope!" |