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1. Filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
   "I'm 'fraid I won't be able to come";
   - afraid
    
2. Filled with fear or apprehension
   "'fraid even to turn his head";
   - afraid

Sounds like: fr

See also: acrophobic, afeard, afeared, aghast, agoraphobic, alarmed, algophobic, appalled, apprehensive, aquaphobic, claustrophobic, concerned, 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