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Scared

/skerd/
Feeling afraid or frightened about something

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I am scared because my situation starts to be very serious.But I got the impression she was scared of him."It's okay to be scared.

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from Middle English scaren, from Old Norse skirra, meaning to make afraid, and from Proto-Germanic roots related to fear and terror.

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