afraid definition - Dictionary

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a·fraid [ ə fráyd ]

adjective

Definition:

1. frightened: frightened or apprehensive about something

2. reluctant: feeling hesitation or disinclination toward something

3. regretful: feeling regret about something

[14th century. Originally past participle of affray, after Anglo-Norman affrayé]

Cultural Note


	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a play (1962) by U.S. dramatist Edward Albee. Albee's first full-length play examines the sour relationship between a middle-aged underachieving academic and his embittered wife. A dinner party with a younger, not dissimilar couple forces them to confront the reality of their past and present.