scared
pronunciation
How to pronounce scared in British English:
UK [skeəd]
How to pronounce scared in American English:
US [skerd]
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- Adjective:
- made afraid
Word Origin
- scared (adj.)
- past participle adjective from scare (v.). Scared stiff first recorded 1900; scared shitless is from 1936. Scaredy-cat "timid person" first attested 1906.
Example
- 1. No , I don 't mean a looming default by a sovereign nation that has all of europe scared .
- 2. Stranger things have happened when politicians are running scared .
- 3. Their recent form is reason enough to remain scared .
- 4. Banks are scared that wild government borrowing will mean an excessive supply of new bonds .
- 5. Growers and users are by turns livid and scared .