"scared" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /skɛəd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /skɛ(ə)ɹd/ [General-American], [skɛɚd] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-scared.wav [UK], en-us-scared.ogg [US] Forms: more scared [comparative], scareder [comparative], most scared [superlative], scaredest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d Etymology: scare + -ed Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scare|ed}} scare + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj|more|er}} scared (comparative more scared or scareder, superlative most scared or scaredest)
  1. Feeling fear; afraid, frightened. Categories (topical): Fear Synonyms: afraid Derived forms: I'm scared, run scared, scared green, scared shirtless, scared shitless, scared spitless, scared stiff, scared to death, shit scared Translations (afraid, frightened): ἔμφοβος (émphobos) (Ancient Greek), خَائِف (ḵāʔif) (Arabic), مَذْعُور (maḏʕūr) (Arabic), վախեցած (vaxecʿac) (Armenian), beldurtuta (Basque), спало́ханы (spalóxany) (Belarusian), спу́джаны (spúdžany) (Belarusian), спу́жаны (spúžany) (Belarusian), уплашен (uplašen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 驚恐 (Chinese Mandarin), 惊恐 (jīngkǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 驚慌 (Chinese Mandarin), 惊慌 (jīnghuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), vystrašený (Czech), bange (Danish), bang (Dutch), timigita (Esperanto), pelästynyt (Finnish), peloissaan (Finnish), effrayé (French), asustado [masculine] (Galician), asustada [feminine] (Galician), შეშინებული (šešinebuli) (Georgian), erschrocken (German), bange (German), ängstlich (German), 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌼𐌰 (usfilma) (Gothic), 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (faurhts) (Gothic), φοβισμένος (fovisménos) (Greek), τρομαγμένος (tromagménos) (Greek), מפוחד (mefukhád) [masculine] (Hebrew), מבוהל (mevohál) [masculine] (Hebrew), ijedt (Hungarian), rémült (Hungarian), hræddur (Icelandic), spaventato (Italian), terrorizzato (Italian), impaurito (Italian), 脅えた (obieta) (alt: おびえた) (Japanese), 怖い (kowai) (alt: こわい) (Japanese), ខ្លាច (klaac) (Khmer), ដោយខ្លាច (daoy klaac) (Khmer), 무서워하는 (museowohaneun) (Korean), ຫວາດ (wāt) (Lao), ຫວຳ (wam) (Lao), ເກງ (kēng) (Lao), metuens (Latin), timidus (Latin), bail (Latvian), bailīgs (Latvian), pœr (Louisiana Creole French), pè (Louisiana Creole French), исплашен (isplašen) (Macedonian), redd (Norwegian), skremt (Norwegian), forht (Old English), dubitous (Old French), wystraszony (Polish), zalękniony (Polish), assustado [masculine] (Portuguese), înspăimântat (Romanian), înfricoșat (Romanian), speriat (Romanian), напу́ганный (napúgannyj) (Russian), испу́ганный (ispúgannyj) (Russian), боя́щийся (bojáščijsja) (Russian), престрашен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), prestrašen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), scantatu (Sicilian), ustráchaný (Slovak), prestrašen (Slovene), asustado (Spanish), rädd (Swedish), หวาด (wàat) (Thai), зля́каний (zljákanyj) (Ukrainian), sợ hãi (Vietnamese), ofnus (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-scared-en-adj-iMLh4xRj Disambiguation of Fear: 60 40

Verb

IPA: /skɛəd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /skɛ(ə)ɹd/ [General-American], [skɛɚd] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-scared.wav [UK], en-us-scared.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d Etymology: scare + -ed Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scare|ed}} scare + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} scared
  1. simple past and past participle of scare Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: scare
    Sense id: en-scared-en-verb-5IZ64kFW Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 16 84

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "word": "уплашен"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "timigita"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "effrayé"
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          "code": "fro",
          "lang": "Old French",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šešinebuli",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "შეშინებული"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "erschrocken"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "bange"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "ängstlich"
        },
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "usfilma",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "faurhts",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fovisménos",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "φοβισμένος"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tromagménos",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "émphobos",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mefukhád",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mevohál",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "מבוהל"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "ijedt"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "rémült"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "hræddur"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "spaventato"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "terrorizzato"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "impaurito"
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          "alt": "おびえた",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "obieta",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "脅えた"
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          "alt": "こわい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kowai",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "怖い"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "klaac",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "ខ្លាច"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
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          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "ដោយខ្លាច"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "museowohaneun",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "무서워하는"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "wāt",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "ຫວາດ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "wam",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "ຫວຳ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kēng",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "ເກງ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "metuens"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "timidus"
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        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "bail"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "bailīgs"
        },
        {
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "pœr"
        },
        {
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "pè"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "isplašen",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "исплашен"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "redd"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "skremt"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "note": "use the verb ondrǣdan",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "forht"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "wystraszony"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "zalękniony"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "assustado"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "înspăimântat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "înfricoșat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "speriat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "napúgannyj",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "напу́ганный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispúgannyj",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "испу́ганный"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bojáščijsja",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "боя́щийся"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "scantatu"
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          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "ustráchaný"
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          "word": "prestrašen"
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          "word": "asustado"
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          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "rädd"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "wàat",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "หวาด"
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          "roman": "zljákanyj",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "зля́каний"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "sợ hãi"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "afraid, frightened",
          "word": "ofnus"
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      "word": "spaventato"
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      "sense": "afraid, frightened",
      "word": "terrorizzato"
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      "sense": "afraid, frightened",
      "word": "impaurito"
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      "word": "脅えた"
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      "word": "무서워하는"
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      "word": "ຫວາດ"
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      "word": "ຫວຳ"
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      "word": "timidus"
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      "word": "bail"
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      "word": "skremt"
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      "word": "wystraszony"
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      "word": "sợ hãi"
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      "sense": "afraid, frightened",
      "word": "ofnus"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/En-us-scared.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scared"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "scared"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "scared",
  "trace": ""
}

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