Synonyms for scared

Grammar : Adj

Spell : skair

Phonetic Transcription : skɛər

Top 10 synonyms for scared

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Définition of scared

Origin : past participle adjective from scare (v.). Scared stiff first recorded 1900; scared shitless is from 1936. Scaredy-cat "timid person" first attested 1906.

adj frightened

Example sentences :

She could feel the shears against her hair, and she was so scared she swore like he told her.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

When he got on my trail he knew that I was just a scared kid who thought he'd killed a man.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

And that minute he turned me from a scared kid into an outlaw—a killer.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

A scared, round face peered out at Andrew from behind his mother.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

I've been scared about Dirk ever since; and now he won't go to Poke's!
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Say, there was a scared Irishman, if you ever saw one in your life.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

She looked white and scared, and he could feel her hands chill and tremble.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

Do you remember that night on the Embankment when we were both so scared of getting married?
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

His scared eyes blazed with indignation: it would hurt terribly.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

I was going to do it every night till I scared him into sleeping in the house.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

Antonyms for scared

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