scared

3 definitions found

scared - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scare \Scare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scared; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Scaring.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar,
     prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre,
     adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to
     turn.]
     To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
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           The noise of thy crossbow
           Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. --Shak.
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     To scare away, to drive away by frightening.
  
     To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game.
        [Slang]
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     Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.
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scared - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  scared
      adj 1: made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the
             corner"; "too shocked and scared to move" [syn:
             frightened, scared]

scared - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "scared":
     afeared, afraid, aghast, alarmed, anxious, appalled, fear-struck,
     feared, fearful, frightened, haunted with fear, horrified,
     panicked, panicky, scary, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified,
     terror-stricken