Definition of scared
:thrown into or being in a state of fear, fright, or panic
- scared of snakes
- scared to go out
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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 of scared from the Web
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But that's how black boys die, because the police are scared.
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Many Detroiters and suburbanites were exhausted, sad, scared, confused and angry.
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Thanks to Romero, who died this week at the age of 77, the zombie movie has become more than a chance to feel scared.
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Household surveys may be unreliable in a country where people are scared to upset local officials.
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A: Seeing women go from sad, anxious, scared and stressed to joyful, laughing, dreaming and being creative.
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Thousands of ICE drop-offs here, thousands of families like this one, and now Gabriela could spot them with just a glance around the room: There was a man who looked scared, and a small girl, following him out to the bus.
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Some people can’t get out of work, some could get fired for being at them, some people are just scared to get out there.
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Here are three charts showing what made oil bulls run scared.
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First Known Use of scared
1579
scared Synonyms
Synonyms
affrighted, aghast, alarmed, fearful, frightened, horrified, horror-struck, hysterical (also hysteric), afraid, scary, shocked, spooked, terrified, terrorizedAntonyms
fearless, unafraidRelated Words
chicken, fainthearted, fearsome, shrinking, shy, timid, timorous, tremulant, tremulous; agitated, anxious, apprehensive, disconcerted, disquieted, disturbed, funky, jittery, jumpy, nervous, panicked, panicky, panic-stricken, perturbed, skittish, uneasy, upset, worried; phobic; appalled, dismayed, startled; cowed, daunted, intimidated, unnerved; coward, cowardly, craven, gutless, lily-livered, pusillanimous; careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, unadventurous, waryNear Antonyms
adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daredevil, daring, dashing, gutsy, plucky, spirited, spunky, venturesome, venturous; brave, courageous, gallant, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous; assured, collected, composed, confident, cool, sanguine, sure, unperturbed; dauntless, resolute, undauntedSCARED Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of scared for English Language Learners
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: afraid of something : nervous or frightened
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