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scared

//skɛəd//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

informal

Note for scared

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Forms

Comparative: more scared
Superlative: most scared

Definitions

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
- I’m scared I’ll miss the train.
- The child was really scared of the dark.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.simple past and past participle of scare

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2340

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Uncommon
General reading & writing: Rare
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Related words

Word family

scare

Etymology

From scare + -ed.

Data sources:

Wiktionary (Wiktextract) (CC BY-SA)
Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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