How do you pronounce dared?

The recorded pronunciation is /dɛɹd/.

dared

/dɛɹd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

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"Slumped way down in a chair, with both his feet. / Against the stove, the hottest day that summer. / He looked so clean disgusted from behind / There was no one that dared to stir him up , / Or let him know that he was being looked at . / Apparently I hadn't buried him ( I may have knocked him down ) ;[…]"

undared

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

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