[
  {
    "word": "afraid",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8f\u0279e\u026ad/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8f\u0279e\u026ad/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/afraid-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1224289",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(usually used predicatively, not attributively, be afraid) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.",
            "synonyms": [
              "afeared",
              "alarmed",
              "anxious",
              "apprehensive",
              "fearful",
              "timid",
              "timorous"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He is afraid of death."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Regretful, sorry.",
            "synonyms": [
              "sorry"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "afeared",
          "alarmed",
          "anxious",
          "apprehensive",
          "fearful",
          "timid",
          "timorous",
          "sorry"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/afraid"
    ]
  }
]