| 释义 |
afraidness rare.|əˈfreɪdnɪs|
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being afraid; timidity, fear.
1669Garbutt Wks. 226 The shyness and afraidness one of another. 1922M. A. von Arnim Enchanted April xiv. 221 How deceitful her afraidness had made her. 1927G. A. Terrill in Chambers's Jrnl. 8 Jan. 94/2 He couldn't have held her if she had given a breath of afraidness. |