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Definition of Scared
1. Adjective. Made afraid. "Too shocked and scared to move"
Definition of Scared
1. Adjective. Having fear; afraid, frightened. ¹
2. Verb. (past of scare) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scared
1. being in a state of fear [adj SCAREDER, SCAREDEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scared
Literary usage of Scared
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"THAN for a similar syntactic blend. scared I. When used with a preposition, scared
is most often followed by of I am scared ..."
2. The Lyon Campaign in Missouri: Being a History of the First Iowa Infantry by Eugene Fitch Ware (1907)
"Fire low—don't aim higher than their knees; wait until they get close; don't get
scared; it's no part of a soldier's duty to get scared. ..."
3. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"The idea of being afraid of any crossing in the lot, in the J ' scared TO DEATH.'
day-time, was a thing too preposterous for contemplation. ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"111 fares the bark with tackle riven, And ill when on the breakers driven, — 111
when the storm-sprite shrieks in air, And the scared mermaid tears her hair ..."
5. The Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1909)
"... by the rock there in the path under Rydal, and folks could hear sounds like
a wild beast coming from the rocks, and children were scared fit to be dead, ..."
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