Meanings
adjective'fraid (not comparable)
alternative fraid
- abbreviationcontractionnot comparableContraction of afraid.
Right 'bove my head someun whispered, Name y'self, boy, is it Zachry the Brave or Zachry the Cowardly?[…] "I ain't 'fraid o' you!" I telled him, tho' tell-it-true my voice was jus' a duck fart in a hurrycane.
2004, David Mitchell, “Sloosha's Crossin' an' Ev'rythin' After”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, pages 239-240
Origin
Apheretic form of afraid.
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Rhymes with 'fraid
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APA
'fraid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'fraid
MLA
“'fraid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'fraid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'fraid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'fraid.
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