AFRAID vs AGHAST: ADJECTIVE
- Filled with fear or apprehension
- Regretful, sorry
- Filled with regret or concern. Used especially to soften an unpleasant statement.
- Filled with fear; frightened.
- Feeling worry or concern or insecurity
- Filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
- Having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
- Struck with fear, dread, or consternation
- Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
- Struck by shock, terror, or amazement.
AFRAID vs AGHAST: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- See agast, v. t.
AFRAID vs AGHAST: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Filled with regret or concern
- Synonyms Afraid, Frightened, Terrified, timid, shy, apprehensive, troubled, suspicious, distrustful. Afraid expresses a less degree of fear than frightened or terrified, which describe outward states. In colloquial language, I am afraid is often nearly equivalent to I suspect, I am inclined to think, or the like, and is regularly used as a kind of polite introduction to a correction, objection, etc., or to make a statement sound less positive: as, I am afraid you are wrong; I am afraid that argument won't hold.
- Impressed with fear or apprehension; fearful: followed by of before the object of fear, where that is not an infinitive: as, to be afraid of death; I am afraid to go.
- Synonyms Horrified, dismayed, confounded, astounded, dumfounded, thunderstruck.
- Struck with amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror. See agast, v. t.
AFRAID vs AGHAST: RELATED WORDS
- Horrified, Appalled, Shocked, Panicked, Disinclined, Cowed, Alarmed, Concerned, Apprehensive, Intimidated, Petrified, Terrified, Frightened, Fearful, Scared
- Dismayful, Incredulously, Dumbfound, Unmoved, Agazed, Stupent, Agog, Dumbstruck, Distressed, Distraught, Horrified, Afraid, Shocked, Dismayed, Appalled
AFRAID vs AGHAST: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Horrified, Appalled, Shocked, Panicked, Disinclined, Cowed, Alarmed, Concerned, Apprehensive, Intimidated, Petrified, Terrified, Frightened, Fearful, Scared
- Dismayful, Incredulously, Dumbfound, Unmoved, Agazed, Stupent, Agog, Dumbstruck, Distressed, Distraught, Horrified, Afraid, Shocked, Dismayed, Appalled
AFRAID vs AGHAST: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- It might have been when you were afraid of commitment, or even when you were afraid of being vulnerable.
- He describes being Queer and growing up afraid of being outed, afraid of being close to other Queer teens.
- The ghost or the zombie never frightened us who were not afraid, but they will run after them who were too afraid.
- Milla is afraid of her: has always been afraid of her.
- Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
- Once again she admitted to herself that she was afraid, horribly afraid, of the beautiful woman with the cruel eyes.
- Communism is everywhere and when you try to see it, you might start to get afraid, very afraid.
- Be afraid, America, be very afraid not so much of ISIS, but of the Emory college students.
- No one who hates but is afraid of love, and therefore must he be afraid of God.
- So the Nome was afraid of himself and afraid of everything around him.
- The aghast parents have him fitted with a rubber prosthesis.
- Disney traditionalists were aghast, but the plan seemed to work.
- In fact, we stand amazed and aghast at this Judge.
- Aghast, the waiter runs to get him a fresh bowl.
- She stepped forward, smiling at Harry, who was frankly aghast.
- Most enema that AMBIEN was aghast, by a tick.
- His colleagues were aghast, but the secret was out.
- A group of philosophers in the audience was aghast.
- In newspapers all over, Ask Amy advises aghast mom.
- Of his favorite Guard cut to pieces, aghast!
AFRAID vs AGHAST: QUESTIONS
- Why are some people afraid of performance appraisals?
- Why are developers so afraid of annotation processors?
- Are your employees afraid of asking safety questions?
- Are You Afraid of people with facial disfigurements?
- Why are animals naturally afraid of their predators?
- Is my girlfriend afraid of commitment and intimacy?
- Are managers afraid of communicating with team members?
- Are banks afraid of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies?
- Are naked and afraid contestants provided with sunscreen?
- Are Taiwanese transgenders afraid of public bathrooms?
- What did Scott find aghast when he stopped in the doorway?