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scared

/skair/US // skɛər //UK // (skɛə) //

害怕的,恐惧的,惊恐的,担心的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    scared, scar·ing.

    • : to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    scared, scar·ing.

    • : to become frightened: That horse scares easily.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
    • : a time or condition of alarm or worry: For three months there was a war scare.
  1. 1
    • : scare up, Informal. to obtain with effort; find or gather: to scare up money.

Phrases

  • scare out of one's wits
  • scare up
  • run scared

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Some of the episodes are better than others, but the decision to avoid jump scares and focus on human emotions really works here.

  • A poll from a key race this week gave Democrats a bit of a scare.

  • Ruth Bader Ginsberg is 87 years old with recent health scares, and Justice Stephen Breyer is 82.

  • Tesla Bulls got a huge scare yesterday when shares dipped by more than 20%.

  • Another potential difficulty is a false positive, which could create an unnecessary scare.

  • Once I got over that hurdle, it was as if a huge weight had lifted and I was not scared anymore.

  • I was briefly scared into eating regularly, but all too soon, the fears fade and my old habits return.

  • He recalled for Koenig how scared Jay was the night he was picked up by cops—though not of the police, but of Adnan.

  • About our Eric Garners—too fat, too scared, too noncompliant, too many kids—there are always, as Flagg knows well, excuses.

  • Um, I was getting ready for Talking Dead so I would try to check in, but I also was like a little bit…scared?

  • He was scared from the world by its vices; and sometimes longed to repose his wearied spirit in the grave.

  • My spurs fairly lifted the dun horse, and we scuttled in the opposite direction like a scared antelope.

  • What a spectral and exaggerated shape all things take in her scared and over-excited gaze!

  • As they brush the holly-leaves, in passing, the very sprays that touch the dresses of the scared girls are stirring.

  • Was it to be wondered at that I felt proud and elated if also a little scared as to how I should get on.