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Scared
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Scared
/skerd/
Feeling afraid or frightened about something
Synonyms:
afraid
frightened
terrified
alarmed
panicked
Antonyms:
brave
courageous
fearless
confident
calm
Examples:
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:
Derived from Middle English
scaren,
from Old Norse
skirra,
meaning to make afraid, and from Proto-Germanic roots related to fear and terror.
Usage Statistics:
36 mentions per 1 million words
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