adj
Meaning 1
Not afraid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unafraid
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ʌnəˈfɹeɪd/
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rhymes with -eɪd
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N AH0 F R EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was secure that nothing will be held against him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: secure, untroubled
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English afraid English unafraid From un- + afraid.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: безстрашен (bezstrašen) — not afraid, fearless
- Bulgarian: неустрашим (neustrašim) — not afraid, fearless
- Chinese Mandarin: 不怕 (bù pà) — not afraid, fearless
- Chinese Mandarin: 無畏 /无畏 (wúwèi) — not afraid, fearless
- Danish: uræd — not afraid, fearless
- Finnish: peloton — not afraid, fearless
- French: sans peur — not afraid, fearless
- Hindi: निडर (niḍar) — not afraid, fearless
- Hindi: निर्भय (nirbhay) — not afraid, fearless
- Hindi: निर्भीक (nirbhīk) — not afraid, fearless
- Italian: senza paura — not afraid, fearless
- Jamaican Creole: tallawah — not afraid, fearless
- Latin: interritus — not afraid, fearless
- Māori: wehikore — not afraid, fearless
- Māori: mātātoa — not afraid, fearless
- Old English: unforht — not afraid, fearless
- Portuguese: destemido — not afraid, fearless
- Portuguese: intrépido — not afraid, fearless
- Russian: не боясь (ne bojasʹ) — not afraid, fearless
- Spanish: sin miedo — not afraid, fearless
- Spanish: impertérrito — not afraid, fearless
- Swedish: orädd — not afraid, fearless
- Ottoman Turkish: قورقوسز (korkusuz) — not afraid, fearless
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