unafraid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ʌnəˈfɹeɪd/
- (Southern-England) audio
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not afraid.
Every childhood seems to have exactly such a juvenile in its midst and mists. He's the boy who refuses to fear the opposite sex, purely because everyone else embraces that particular fear, and he's the type who is unafraid to make a decision.
2005, Markus Zusak, “The Kiss (a Childhood Decision Maker)”, in The Book Thief, Sydney, N.S.W.: Picador, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013, →ISBN, page 49:
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intrepid · unruffled · courageous · heroic · unafraid · unterrified · brave · fearless
Translations (23)
es sin miedo (not afraid, fearless) · mi wehikore (not afraid, fearless) · es impertérrito (not afraid, fearless) · sv orädd (not afraid, fearless) · da uræd (not afraid, fearless) · cmn 無畏 /无畏 (not afraid, fearless) · la interritus (not afraid, fearless) · hi निर्भीक (not afraid, fearless) · mi mātātoa (not afraid, fearless) · pt destemido (not afraid, fearless) · cmn 不怕 (not afraid, fearless) · hi निर्भय (not afraid, fearless) · ru не боясь (not afraid, fearless) · jam tallawah (not afraid, fearless) · ang unforht (not afraid, fearless) · bg безстрашен (not afraid, fearless) · fi peloton (not afraid, fearless) · bg неустрашим (not afraid, fearless) · fr sans peur (not afraid, fearless) · it senza paura (not afraid, fearless) · pt intrépido (not afraid, fearless) · ota قورقوسز (not afraid, fearless) · hi निडर (not afraid, fearless)