scared

English

Etymology

From scare +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

(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

Adjective

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

Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
get scared

really scared

The child was scared of the dark.

I’m scared I’ll miss the train.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:afraid

Derived terms

Translations

afraid, frightened

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
American Sign Language: 5@NearSideChesthigh-PalmBack-5@NearSideChesthigh-PalmBack 5@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmBack-5@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmBack
Arabic: خَائِف (ar) (ḵāʔif), مَذْعُور (maḏʕūr)
Armenian: վախեցած (vaxecʻac)
Basque: beldurtuta
Belarusian: спало́ханы (spalóxany), спу́джаны (spúdžany), спу́жаны (spúžany)
Bulgarian: уплашен (bg) (uplašen)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 驚恐 / 惊恐 (zh) (jīngkǒng), 驚慌 / 惊慌 (zh) (jīnghuāng)
Czech: vystrašený
Danish: bange (da), ræd
Dutch: bang (nl)
Esperanto: timigita
Finnish: pelästynyt (fi), peloissaan (fi)
French: effrayé (fr), avoir peur (fr)
Old French: dubitous
Galician: asustado
Georgian: შეშინებული (šešinebuli)
German: erschrocken (de), bange (de), ängstlich (de)
Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌼𐌰 (usfilma), 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (faurhts)
Greek: φοβισμένος (el) (fovisménos), τρομαγμένος (el) (tromagménos)
Ancient: ἔμφοβος (émphobos)
Hebrew: מפוחד (mefukhád), מבוהל (mevohál)
Hindi: भयभीत (bhaybhīt)
Hungarian: ijedt (hu), rémült (hu)
Icelandic: hræddur (is)
Italian: spaventato (it), terrorizzato (it), impaurito (it)
Japanese: 脅えた (おびえた, obieta), 怖い (ja) (こわい, kowai)
Khiamniungan Naga: hāh
Khmer: ខ្លាច (km) (klaac), ដោយខ្លាច (daoy klaac)
Korean: 무서워하는 (ko) (museowohaneun)
Lao: ຫວາດ (huāt), ຫວຳ (huam), ເກງ (kēng)
Latin: metuens, timidus
Latvian: bail, bailīgs
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Louisiana Creole French: pœr, pè
Macedonian: исплашен (isplašen)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Maori: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: redd (no), skremt
Old English: use the verb ondrǣdan, forht
Polish: wystraszony, zalękniony
Portuguese: assustado (pt)
Romanian: înspăimântat (ro), înfricoșat (ro), speriat (ro)
Russian: напу́ганный (ru) (napúgannyj), испу́ганный (ru) (ispúgannyj), боя́щийся (ru) (bojáščijsja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: престрашен

Roman: prestrašen (sh)
Sicilian: scantatu (scn)
Slovak: ustráchaný
Slovene: prestrašen
Spanish: asustado (es)
Swedish: rädd (sv)
Thai: หวาด (th) (wàat)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: зля́каний (zljákanyj)
Vietnamese: sợ hãi (vi)
Welsh: ofnus (cy)

Verb

scared

simple past and past participle of scare

Anagrams

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