Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scared

/skɛ(ə)ɹd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables: scared
IPA: /skɛ(ə)ɹd/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

verb

simple past and past participle of scare

Example Sentences

"I’m scared I’ll miss the train."
"I got scared silly."
"The child was really scared of the dark."
"Residents of Sihu Township in the central county of Yunlin were left scared and angry after hundreds of dead geese were found dumped in an irrigation channel Tuesday, inciting a minor panic as avian flu continues to spread throughout the country."

Etymology

From scare + -ed.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /skɛ(ə)ɹd/
British English: /skɛəd/

Inflected Forms

more scared (comparative) scareder (comparative) most scared (superlative) scaredest (superlative)

Derived Forms

ascared scaredly scaredness scaredy scaroused unscared

Phrases

I'm scared run scared scared green scared pink scared red scared shirtless scared shitless scared spitless

Synonyms

afraid frightened

Rhymes With

compared prepared shared declared cared aired paired repaired haired impaired spared stared

Questions

How do you pronounce scared?: The recorded pronunciation is /skɛ(ə)ɹd/.
What does scared mean?: Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
Where does scared come from?: From scare + -ed.

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