unafraid

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ afraid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnəˈfɹeɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Adjective

unafraid (not comparable)

1. Not afraid.
   • 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:

     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.

Synonyms

• brave
• courageous
• fearless
• heroic
• intrepid

Derived terms

• unafraidly

Translations

not afraid, fearless

• Bulgarian: безстрашен (bg) (bezstrašen), неустрашим (bg) (neustrašim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不怕 (bù pà), 無畏 / 无畏 (zh) (wúwèi)

• Danish: uræd (archaic)
• Finnish: peloton (fi)
• French: sans peur
• Hindi: निडर (hi) (niḍar), निर्भय (hi) (nirbhay), निर्भीक (hi) (nirbhīk)
• Italian: senza paura
• Jamaican Creole: tallawah
• Latin: interritus
• Maori: wehikore, mātātoa
• Old English: unforht
• Ottoman Turkish: قورقوسز (korkusuz)
• Portuguese: destemido (pt), intrépido (pt)
• Russian: не боясь (ne bojasʹ)
• Spanish: sin miedo, impertérrito (es)
• Swedish: orädd (sv)