Antonyms for scared


Grammar : Adj
Spell : skair
Phonetic Transcription : skɛər


Definition of scared

Origin :
  • past participle adjective from scare (v.). Scared stiff first recorded 1900; scared shitless is from 1936. Scaredy-cat "timid person" first attested 1906.
  • adj frightened
Example sentences :
  • She could feel the shears against her hair, and she was so scared she swore like he told her.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • When he got on my trail he knew that I was just a scared kid who thought he'd killed a man.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • And that minute he turned me from a scared kid into an outlaw—a killer.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • A scared, round face peered out at Andrew from behind his mother.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I've been scared about Dirk ever since; and now he won't go to Poke's!
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Say, there was a scared Irishman, if you ever saw one in your life.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • She looked white and scared, and he could feel her hands chill and tremble.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • Do you remember that night on the Embankment when we were both so scared of getting married?
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • His scared eyes blazed with indignation: it would hurt terribly.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • I was going to do it every night till I scared him into sleeping in the house.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

Synonyms for scared

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