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scared.

Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/skɛəd/Received-Pronunciation/skɛ(ə)ɹd/General-American[skɛɚd]General-American/skeːd/Australia
  1. Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

    I’m scared I’ll miss the train.
    I got scared silly.
Where this word comes from

From scare + -ed.

verb/skɛəd/Received-Pronunciation/skɛ(ə)ɹd/General-American[skɛɚd]General-American/skeːd/Australia
  1. simple past and past participle of scare

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From scare + -ed.

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