scared
adjective
[ skɛːd ]
• fearful; frightened.
• "I wasn't scared at all"
Similar:
frightened,
afraid,
fearful,
nervous,
panicky,
agitated,
alarmed,
worried,
intimidated,
terrified,
petrified,
horrified,
panic-stricken,
scared stiff,
scared witless,
frightened/scared to death,
terror-stricken,
terror-struck,
horror-stricken,
horror-struck,
frantic,
hysterical,
beside oneself,
shaking in one's shoes,
shaking like a leaf,
shaky,
feart,
in a cold sweat,
in a (blue) funk,
jumpy,
jittery,
funky,
windy,
spooked,
frit,
afeared,
affrighted,
scared shitless,
shit scared,
shitting bricks,
bricking oneself,
scare
verb
• cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.
• "I was scared stiff"
Similar:
frighten,
make afraid,
make fearful,
make nervous,
panic,
throw into a panic,
terrify,
petrify,
scare/frighten to death,
scare stiff,
scare witless,
scare/frighten the life out of,
scare the hell out of,
strike terror into,
fill with fear,
put the fear of God into,
give someone goose pimples,
make someone's blood run cold,
chill someone's blood,
send into a cold sweat,
startle,
alarm,
give someone a fright,
give someone a turn,
shock,
appal,
horrify,
intimidate,
daunt,
unnerve,
scare the pants off,
scarify,
make someone's hair curl,
throw into a blue funk,
put the wind up,
scare the bejesus out of,
spook,
fright,
affright,
scare shitless,
scare the shit out of,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse skirra ‘frighten’, from skjarr ‘timid’.
