ascared

Meanings

adjectiveascared (comparative more ascared, superlative most ascared)

comparative more ascared · superlative most ascared

colloquialscared; afraid
"I can beat every kid in this place," he proclaimed, "and they're all ascared of me." He used his belt to beat the ranch animals and his fists to knock down or threaten other boys, even if they were bigger than he was.
1952, LIFE, volume 33, number 22, page 121

From a- + scared.

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