scared
/skɛəd//skɛ(ə)ɹd/
scared adjective: feeling fear; afraid, frightened. Also the simple past and past participle of scare.
Adjective
scared (comparative more scared or scareder, superlative most scared or scaredest)
- Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
- I’m scared I’ll miss the train.
- I got scared silly.
- Synonyms:
- afraid
Also used as
scared is also the simple past and past participle of scare.
scared meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
scared in Hindi
- afraid, frightened
- भयभीत bhaybhīt
scared in Tamil
- பயந்துபோனது
scared in Malayalam
- പേടിച്ചുപോയി, പേടിക്കുന്നു
scared in Kannada
- ಭಯವಾಯಿತು
More languagesFewer languages
- scared in Gujarati
- ગભરાય છે
- scared in Odia
- ଡରିଗଲେ, ଡରିଗଲା
- scared in Arabic
- خَائِف ḵāʔif, مَذْعُور maḏʕūr
- scared in Thai
- หวาด wàat
- scared in Vietnamese
- sợ hãi
Examples of scared in a sentence
- The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam! It nearly scared me to death.
- He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.
- Did you hear that? It scared the mess out of me.
Synonyms of scared
Forms of scared
| comparative | more scared |
|---|---|
| comparative | scareder |
| superlative | most scared |
| superlative | scaredest |
Origin of scared
From scare + -ed.
Words formed from scared
Phrases with scared
Words that rhyme with scared
Questions about scared
- What does scared mean?
- Scared means feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
- What is scared in Hindi?
- Scared in Hindi is भयभीत (bhaybhīt). See Scared meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is scared?
- Scared is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce scared?
- Scared is pronounced /skɛəd/ (UK).
Words near scared in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: scared (page history and authors); scared (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scared (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scared (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scared (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scared (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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