Frigthened vs Afraid - What's the difference?

As an adjective afraid is

impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

frigthened

Not English

Frigthened has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'frigthened':

frightened, firsthand, frustrated, forestland, fractioned, forestward, forestalled, fractured, freighted, forgathered, fructified, frigatebird, foreshowed, firehosed, freestyled, fractalized, fractalated, forestaled, forwasted, forejudged, forgetted, fraughted, fursuited, forequoted, forstalled, frostweed, foreshewed, forecited, frostbird, forestayed, forstaaed, forstawed, forestand

afraid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

He is afraid of death.

He is afraid to die.

He is afraid that he will die.

(colloquial) regretful, sorry

I am afraid I can not help you in this matter .

Usage notes

* (term) expresses a lesser degree of fear than (terrified) or (frightened). It is often followed by the preposition (term) and the object of fear, or by an infinitive, or by a dependent clause, as shown in the examples above.

Synonyms

* (Impressed with fear or apprehension) afeared, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, fearful, timid, timorous * (Regretful) sorry * See also

Derived terms

* 'fraid * afraidness * I'm afraid not * I'm afraid so * unafraid

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