adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
scared of heights
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Rachel had always been scared of heights .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Now most of her contacts were out-of-town businessmen, far more scared of comebacks than she'd ever have to be.
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Much more scared by yourself than you would be with me.
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And the more scared you are of her, the more perfect she becomes.
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I had never seen a man deliberately killed before and I was more scared even than I had been before.
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For some reason he was more scared than I was, and I was very frightened.
really
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He says they're really scared .
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I ain't really scared of the dark, not normally, but looking out there, it's a bit scary.
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I was really scared , the atmosphere became very stiff but nobody said anything.
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Then he came into the bedroom to see me and I got really scared .
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I became really scared and then he started walking towards me.
so
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I guess I had to see you, drawled Jay, because I was so scared of seeing you.
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They're not so scared of things as we were.
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And he's so scared of ageing that he tries every anti-wrinkle cream available.
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She didn't know why she felt so scared .
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Why on earth is his Department so scared of answering questions on this subject?
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Male speaker I was so scared of spiders.
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And why is Washington so scared ?
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He was so scared that he wasn't even thinking straight.
too
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His own mum and his Auntie Ethel were sometimes too scared to go out of the house.
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There was no one she could discuss it with, for Hoomey was too scared , and no one else knew.
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But I was too scared to go out.
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Down the pillar of rock, head afire and limbs like ice. Too scared to look down.
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My period was a week late but I was too scared to have a test.
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He was too scared to be otherwise.
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At this point in time the bishop of Tours was apparently too scared to state the truth openly.
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It was the pot of white paint that dropped + had fallen on Nutmeg but he had been too scared to notice.
very
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My third friend was very scared and wanted to go at once, feeling that we were in definite danger from something.
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Poor Nutmeg was very scared , he began to run as fast as he could.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
afraid/frightened/scared etc of your own shadow
be running scared
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Their new software has the competition running scared.
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Then why is it that Chretien appears to be running scared?
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To me, ti just looks like the fools are running scared.
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Whenever managers were laid off, he sensed in the ranks ever-higher levels of anxiety Even those who remained were running scared.
be scared witless
bored/scared/worried stiff
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And I was scared stiff about having lied to Mel about being single when he hired me.
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Cis, who knew about it, was scared stiff .
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He was scared stiff , thought a ghastly mistake had been made.
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He was very naturally scared stiff of using up all his remaining petrol and making a bad landing.
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Mabel was by now scared stiff and frozen cold.
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Poor kid, thought Alice, he's scared stiff .
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We looked at each other, scared stiff , but we followed Mrs Bullivant upstairs.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I hate reading out my work in class - I'm scared that people are going to laugh at me.
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I stood still, scared to move forward and scared to go back.
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I think they were all scared of offending him.
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She's always been scared of heights.
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The first time I went on a motorcycle I was really scared .
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When he came back he looked scared stiff, as if he'd seen a ghost.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was too scared to be otherwise.
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Now most of her contacts were out-of-town businessmen, far more scared of comebacks than she'd ever have to be.
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She didn't know why she felt so scared .
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She says she gets nervous whenever there's a car behind her, and she's scared of speed.
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Then he came into the bedroom to see me and I got really scared .
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There are people who encouraged me not to worry, not to be scared , but it's hard.
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Why on earth is his Department so scared of answering questions on this subject?
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You're scared of him, aren't you, whoever he is?