SCARED

[adjective]She had a scared look on her face.He's scared of spiders/snakes/the dark.I'm scared of telling her what really happened.He's scared to tell her what really happened.I was scared (= very worried) (that) you might not be there.There were hundreds of people at the meeting, and I was scared to death while I was waiting to speak.I was scared stiff/witless/(taboo) shitless (= extremely frightened) during that horror movie.The newspapers accused him of running scared (= of being frightened and trying to escape his responsibilities).