Meanings
comparative more scared · comparative scareder · superlative most scared · superlative scaredest
- Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
I got scared silly.
3 more examples
I’m scared I’ll miss the train.
The child was really scared of the dark.
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.
2015 January 13, “Hundreds of geese carcasses dumped in Yunlin amid bird flu scares”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2024, SocietySynonyms: afraid
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of scare
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFeeling fear; afraid, frightened.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemade afraid
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἔμφοβος
- ἔμφοβος (émphobos)afraid, frightened
Arabic خَائِف, مَذْعُور
- خَائِف (ḵāʔif)afraid, frightened
- مَذْعُور (maḏʕūr)afraid, frightened
Basque beldurtuta
- beldurtutaafraid, frightened
Bulgarian уплашен
- уплашен (uplašen)afraid, frightened
Chinese Mandarin 驚恐 /惊恐, 驚慌 /惊慌
- 驚恐 /惊恐 (jīngkǒng)afraid, frightened
- 驚慌 /惊慌 (jīnghuāng)afraid, frightened
Czech vystrašený
- vystrašenýafraid, frightened
Danish bange, ræd
- bangeafraid, frightened
- rædafraid, frightened
Dutch bang
- bangafraid, frightened
Esperanto timigita
- timigitaafraid, frightened
Finnish pelästynyt, peloissaan
- pelästynytafraid, frightened
- peloissaanafraid, frightened
French effrayé, avoir peur
- effrayéafraid, frightened
- avoir peurafraid, frightened
German erschrocken, bange
- erschrockenafraid, frightened
- bangeafraid, frightened
- ängstlichafraid, frightened
Greek φοβισμένος, τρομαγμένος
- φοβισμένος (fovisménos)afraid, frightened
- τρομαγμένος (tromagménos)afraid, frightened
Hebrew מפוחד, מבוהל
- מפוחד (mefukhád)afraid, frightened
- מבוהל (mevohál)afraid, frightened
Hindi भयभीत
- भयभीत (bhaybhīt)afraid, frightened
Hungarian ijedt, rémült
- ijedtafraid, frightened
- rémültafraid, frightened
Icelandic hræddur
- hræddurafraid, frightened
Italian spaventato, terrorizzato
- spaventatoafraid, frightened
- terrorizzatoafraid, frightened
- impauritoafraid, frightened
Japanese 脅えた, 怖い
- 脅えた (obieta)afraid, frightened
- 怖い (kowai)afraid, frightened
Korean 무서워하는
- 무서워하는 (museowohaneun)afraid, frightened
Latin metuens, timidus
- metuensafraid, frightened
- timidusafraid, frightened
Latvian bail, bailīgs
- bailafraid, frightened
- bailīgsafraid, frightened
Norwegian redd, skremt
- reddafraid, frightened
- skremtafraid, frightened
Polish wystraszony, zalękniony
- wystraszonyafraid, frightened
- zalęknionyafraid, frightened
Portuguese assustado
- assustadoafraid, frightened
Romanian înspăimântat, înfricoșat
- înspăimântatafraid, frightened
- înfricoșatafraid, frightened
- speriatafraid, frightened
Russian напу́ганный, испу́ганный
- напу́ганный (napúgannyj)afraid, frightened
- испу́ганный (ispúgannyj)afraid, frightened
- боя́щийся (bojáščijsja)afraid, frightened
Slovak ustráchaný
- ustráchanýafraid, frightened
Spanish asustado
- asustadoafraid, frightened
Swedish rädd
- räddafraid, frightened
Thai หวาด
- หวาด (wàat)afraid, frightened
Ukrainian зля́каний
- зля́каний (zljákanyj)afraid, frightened
Vietnamese sợ hãi
- sợ hãiafraid, frightened
Welsh ofnus
- ofnusafraid, frightened
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
scared. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scared
“scared.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scared. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scared,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scared.
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