scared

adjective

ˈskerd 

: thrown into or being in a state of fear, fright, or panic

scared of snakes

scared to go out

Synonyms

• affrighted
• afraid
• aghast
• alarmed
• fearful
• frightened
• horrified
• horror-struck
• hysterical
• hysteric
• scary
• shocked
• spooked
• terrified
• terrorized

Examples of scared in a Sentence

I am really scared about speaking in front of the class.

He was scared that his mother wouldn't let him go to the movies with his friends.

She's scared to walk alone at night.

Recent Examples on the Web

Well, Netflix has found another one of these aspirational gurus who are scared to die and are willing to go to extreme lengths to preserve their physique — at any cost. —Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 16 May 2025

More news: 3 Dodgers Under Most Pressure to Perform Following Shocking Roster Move While some fans appeared to be understandably scared, many just remained in their seats, seemingly unaware of the animal scurrying around them. —Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025

For those scared by fierce job-taking AI, develop new skills (particularly for operating different AI testing tools), and nothing will replace you in the labor market. —Oleg Sadikov, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

And when that wall is porous, the people in the editorial department are forced to run scared from truth-telling. —Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing scared

• get scared
• scared/frightened the dickens
• scared stiff
• scared to death

Rhymes for scared

• compared
• declared
• despaired
• ensnared
• impaired
• prepared
• repaired
• unpaired
• unshared
• aired
• bared
• blared