SCARED


Meaning of SCARED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skeə(r)d ]

1.

If you are scared of someone or something, you are frightened of them.

I’m certainly not scared of him...

I was too scared to move...

Why are you so scared?

= frightened

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ of n , ADJ to-inf

2.

If you are scared that something unpleasant might happen, you are nervous and worried because you think that it might happen.

I was scared that I might be sick...

He was scared of letting us down.

= worried

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ that , ADJ of -ing

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