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SCARED (6)

scared

frightened, scared - a 
made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move"

wordplays

synonyms

affrighted, afraid, aghast, alarmed, fearful, frightened, horrified, horror-struck, hysterical (also hysteric), scary, shocked, spooked, terrified, terrorized 

in a sentence

I am really scared about speaking in front of the class.  

He was scared that his mother wouldn't let him go to the movies with his friends.  

She's scared to walk alone at night.

merriam-webster

etymology

mid-15c., "frightened, alarmed, startled," past-participle adjective from scare (v.). Emphatic scared stiff is recorded by 1900; scared shitless by 1936. Scaredy-cat "timid person" first attested 1906.

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