Also spelled sk’yerd

US /skɛ(ə)ɹd/ UK /skɛəd/
adj verb Freq #581

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Feeling fear; frightened.

    The children were scared of the dark.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · feeling fear; frightened. afraidfrightened

Etymology

From scare + -ed.

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