scared

CEFRA1

/skɛəd/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Feeling afraid or worried about danger or trouble.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    simple past and past participle of scare

Examples

  • It almost scared me not to see you online for a whole day.

  • The thieves got scared and ran away.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /skeːd/
  • /skiəd/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

More examples

In context

  • "To tell you the truth, I am scared of heights." "You are a coward!"

  • The child was really scared of the dark.

  • I’m scared I’ll miss the train.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From scare + -ed.