scared

From scare + -ed.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /skɛəd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /skɛ(ə)ɹd/, [skɛɚd]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /skeːd/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /skeəd/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /skiəd/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /skeɹd/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /skɜː(ɹ)d/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d

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

1. Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

   I’m scared I’ll miss the train.

   I got scared silly.

   The child was really scared of the dark.

   • 2015 January 13, “Hundreds of geese carcasses dumped in Yunlin amid bird flu scares”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[1], archived from the original on 09 November 2024, Society‎^[2]:

     Residents of Sihu Township in the central county of Yunlin were left scared and angry after hundreds of dead geese were found dumped in an irrigation channel Tuesday, inciting a minor panic as avian flu continues to spread throughout the country.

• See Thesaurus:afraid

scared

1. simple past and past participle of scare

• ecards, decars, Cerdas, caders, e-cards, crased, sacred, cadres, Cedars, Des Arc, cedars, Dacres