"scared to death" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-scared to death.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Could be a reformation of Old English oþ dēaþ ondrǣdan (literally “to be scared to death”). Etymology templates: {{ncog|ang|oþ dēaþ ondrǣdan|lit=to be scared to death}} Old English oþ dēaþ ondrǣdan (literally “to be scared to death”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} scared to death (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Extremely frightened Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-scared_to_death-en-adj-1l5mI~-6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for scared to death meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)

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