1. Filled with fear or apprehension
   "The child was afeard of the dark";
   - afraid, 'fraid [non-standard], afeared [archaic]

See also: acrophobic, aghast, agoraphobic, alarmed, algophobic, appalled, apprehensive, aquaphobic, claustrophobic, cowardly, dismayed, fear, fearful, fearfulness, fright, frightened, hangdog, horrified, horror-stricken, horror-struck, hunted, hydrophobic, mysophobic, numb, panicked, panicky, panic-stricken, panic-struck, scared, shocked, terrified, terror-stricken, terror-struck, timid, triskaidekaphobic, unnerved, white-lipped, xenophobic

Encyclopedia: Afeard