scaredadjective
uk/skeəd/us/skerd/B1 frightened or worried:
He's scared of spiders.
I'm scared of telling her what really happened.
He's scared to tell her what really happened.
I was scared (= very worried) (that) you might not be there.
I was scared stiff (= extremely frightened).
She had a scared look on her face.
More examples
- Annette's scared of flying.
- I get scared on my own at night.
- Don't be scared - he won't bite!
- I'll ask her for the money - I'm not scared of her.
- I couldn't speak to her - I was too scared.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Afraid
- afraid
- be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights idiom
- bottle
- bottle out
- cower
- fear for sb/sth
- fearfully
- horror-struck
- in terror of your life idiom
- intimidated
- panic
- panic-stricken
- panicky
- pants
- quake
- terrified
- terror
- terror-stricken
- unconfident
- worst
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