scared
Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
Adjective
- 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.
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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
- simple past and past participle of scare