Definition of "afeared" []

• A regional variation of afraid. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of afear. (verb)

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• "I was greatly 'afeared' to start sewing her up as this was my first foray into setting in sleeves, but all in all she worked beautifully."
• "And one or two very sad messages from people who had lost loved ones to obesity related illness, or were greatly afeared of doing so in the near future."
• "NBob it seems is mightily afeared of our collective PMS consciousness."