Definition of Scareder

1. Adjective. (colloquial) (comparative of scared) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scareder

1. scared [adj] - See also: scared

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scareder

scare quote
scare quotes
scare story
scare the bejeebers out of
scare the pants off of
scare up
scarecrow
scarecrowish
scarecrowlike
scarecrows
scared
scared as hell
scared stiff
scared to death
scareder (current term)
scaredest
scaredly
scaredy-cat
scaredy-cats
scaredy cat
scaredy cats
scarefire
scarefires
scarehead
scareheads
scaremonger
scaremongered
scaremongerer
scaremongerers

Literary usage of Scareder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"Well, we argued back and forth quite a spell, Jim a-gittin' scareder and scareder as he saw I meant business. Finally, down he goes on his knees, ..."

2. A Practical Reader: With Exercises in Local Culture by Caroline Bigelow Le Row (1882)
"... and scareder, but she never let Mm know; and she wondered what it was best to do. She could hear 'em singing at church, and they sung: " Safe, ..."

3. The Victors: A Romance of Yesterday Morning & this Afternoon by Robert Barr (1901)
"He s scared already of the bribery act; that's how I got the money out of him, and I'll make him scareder by saying the other side is on the lookout to get ..."

4. A Yankee in the Trenches by Robert Derby Holmes (1918)
"I was in places afterwards where there was more action and more danger, but, looking back, I don't think I was ever sicker or scareder. ..."

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