Afraid and Faint

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Afraid adjective - Filled with fear or dread.

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Faint and afraid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Faint" instead an adjective "Afraid".

Faint adjective - Not seen or understood clearly.

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Afraid and faint are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afraid" instead an adjective "Faint".

Nearby Words: faintly, fainted, fainting

Excel from Excel Saga is mortally afraid of needles, and feels faint at the sight of her own blood.

Source: Afraid of Blood
Being avatars of peace and harmony, the kirin in The Twelve Kingdoms aren't just afraid of blood (becoming faint or woozy just from the sight or smell of it,) they're physically weakened by it.

Source: Afraid of Blood
Charles Darwin was so afraid of blood that he would faint at the sight of it.

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