'Scared' definitions:
Definition of 'scared'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move" [syn: frightened, scared]
Definition of 'Scared'
From: GCIDE
- Scare \Scare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scared; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaring.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar, prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre, adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to turn.] To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. [1913 Webster]
- The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To scare away, to drive away by frightening.
- To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scared'
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