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scurred

scurred is the simple past and past participle of scur.

scurred is the alternative form of scared.

Meaning of scur

Verb

scur (third-person singular simple present scurs, present participle scurring, simple past and past participle scurred)

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To move hastily; to scour.
    • Here he whistled, and the animal, who was scurring over the field , and occasionally kicking up his heels, instantly returned with a gentle neigh.1843, George Borrow, The Bible in Spain, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd.

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Meaning of scared

Adjective

scared (comparative more scared or scareder, superlative most scared or scaredest)

  1. Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
    • I’m scared I’ll miss the train.
    Synonyms:
    afraid

Origin of scurred

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about scurred

What is scurred the simple past and past participle of?
Scurred is the simple past and past participle of scur.

Words near scurred in the dictionary

  1. scurid
  2. scurids
  3. scurillous
  4. Scurlock
  5. Scurlocks
  6. scurred
  7. scurrick
  8. scurricks
  9. scurrid
  10. scurrids
  11. scurried

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scurred (page history and authors); scur (page history and authors); scared (page history and authors). 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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