scared

Definition of scared in English English dictionary: Simple past tense and past participle of scare; Having fear; afraid, frightened; past of scare; afraid, frightened; If you are scared of someone or something, you are frightened of them. I'm certainly not scared of him I was too scared to move Why are you so scared? = frightened; If you are scared that something unpleasant might happen, you are nervous and worried because you think that it might happen. I was scared that I might be sick He was scared of letting us down. = worried. frightened of something, or nervous about something = afraid; made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move"; {s} frightened, fearful; vang
scared shitless: : very scared, terrified
scared stiff: Describes the fear-induced state (literal or figurative) where an person seems incapable of movement
He was scared stiff, like a deer in the headlights, by the vampire walking toward him. The vampire had to say Boo! to make him get out of the way.
scared to death: Extremely frightened
scared stiff: Badly frightened
scared stiff: (deyim) Very frightened, frightened to death, petrified
scared him to death: frightened him very much
scared to death: terribly afraid, fearful down to the depths of one's being
run scared: To try everything to avoid defeat
The campaign is in crisis mode, they are running scared and it is becoming obvious.
scare: To frighten, terrify, especially in a minor way
Did that scare you when I said Boo!?.
scare: {v} to frighten, terrify, alarm, disturb
got scared: became frightened, became afraid
scare: A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread
scare: sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake
scare: A minor fright
scare: A bomb scare or a security scare is a situation in which there is believed to be a bomb in a place. Despite many recent bomb scares, no one has yet been hurt. = alert see also scared
scare: sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
scare: {i} fright, fear
scare: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
scare: To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm
scare: A scare is a situation in which many people are afraid or worried because they think something dangerous is happening which will affect them all. the doctor at the centre of an Aids scare
scare: {f} frighten, alarm; spook, terrify
scare: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
scare: If a sudden unpleasant experience gives you a scare, it frightens you. Don't you realize what a scare you've given us all? We got a bit of a scare
scare: If something scares you, it frightens or worries you. You're scaring me The prospect of failure scares me rigid It scared him to realise how close he had come to losing everything. = frighten emphasis If you want to emphasize that something scares you a lot, you can say that it scares the hell out of you or scares the life out of you
scare: a sudden attack of fear
scare: Fright; esp
shit-scared: very frightened