Afraid and Mild

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Afraid adjective - Filled with fear or dread.

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

Mild adjective - Marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low.

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Afraid and mild are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afraid" instead an adjective "Mild".

Nearby Words: mildness, mildly

Mild-mannered science fiction author Peter Frigate of To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer is not afraid to fight, he's afraid to unleash the rage within.

Source: Beware The Nice Ones / Literature
Even Microsoft employees aren't afraid to use this joke in public (in mild rebellion against the company line to, of course, promote Bing for searching...er, decisioning where possible).

Source: Stuck on Band-Aid Brand
Freaky Fashion, Mild Mind: Damian, who in spite of his name and apparently being a Goth, is shown to be a normal guy who wouldn't kill anyone, even to please Tiffany and is afraid of spiders.

Source: Film / Bride of Chucky

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