scared

Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

Adjective

  1. Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
    • I’m scared I’ll miss the train.
    • I got scared silly.
    • The child was really scared of the dark.

Origin

Etymology tree English scare English -ed English scared From scare + -ed.

Forms

more scared scareder most scared scaredest

Synonyms

afraid

Derived

ascared I'm scared run scared scared green scaredly scaredness scared pink scared red scared shirtless scared shitless scared spitless scared stiff scared to death scared white scaredy scaredy-cat scaredy cat scaredy pants scaroused shit scared unscared

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of scare