Scared

//skɛəd//

Synonyms for "scared" (33 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Adjective(1 words)
afraid

Strong matches (10)

Adjective(2 words)
chickengruesome
Adjective(1 words)
frightened

Related words (16)

Adjective(2 words)
scared shitlesstimorous

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Translations

78 translations across 49 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἔμφοβος adj (afraid, frightened)

Arabic

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  • خَائِف adj (afraid, frightened)
  • مَذْعُور adj (afraid, frightened)

Armenian

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  • վախեցած adj (afraid, frightened)

Basque

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  • beldurtuta adj (afraid, frightened)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • спало́ханы adj (afraid, frightened)
  • спу́джаны adj (afraid, frightened)
  • спу́жаны adj (afraid, frightened)

Bulgarian

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  • уплашен adj (afraid, frightened)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 驚恐 /惊恐 adj (afraid, frightened)
  • 驚慌 /惊慌 adj (afraid, frightened)

Czech

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  • vystrašený adj (afraid, frightened)

Danish

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  • bange adj (afraid, frightened)
  • ræd adj (afraid, frightened)

Dutch

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  • bang adj (afraid, frightened)

Esperanto

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  • timigita adj (afraid, frightened)

Finnish

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  • peloissaan adj (afraid, frightened)
  • pelästynyt adj (afraid, frightened)

French

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  • avoir peur adj (afraid, frightened)
  • effrayé adj (afraid, frightened)

Galician

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  • asustado adj (afraid, frightened)

Georgian

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  • შეშინებული adj (afraid, frightened)

German

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  • bange adj (afraid, frightened)
  • erschrocken adj (afraid, frightened)
  • ängstlich adj (afraid, frightened)

Gothic

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  • 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌼𐌰 adj (afraid, frightened)
  • 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 adj (afraid, frightened)

Greek

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  • τρομαγμένος adj (afraid, frightened)
  • φοβισμένος adj (afraid, frightened)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מבוהל adj (afraid, frightened)
  • מפוחד adj (afraid, frightened)

Hindi

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  • भयभीत adj (afraid, frightened)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • ijedt adj (afraid, frightened)
  • rémült adj (afraid, frightened)

Icelandic

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  • hræddur adj (afraid, frightened)

Italian

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  • impaurito adj (afraid, frightened)
  • spaventato adj (afraid, frightened)
  • terrorizzato adj (afraid, frightened)

Japanese

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  • 怖い adj (afraid, frightened)
  • 脅えた adj (afraid, frightened)

Khiamniungan Naga

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  • hāh adj (afraid, frightened)

Khmer

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  • ខ្លាច adj (afraid, frightened)
  • ដោយខ្លាច adj (afraid, frightened)

Korean

1 entries
  • 무서워하는 adj (afraid, frightened)

Lao

3 entries
  • ຫວາດ adj (afraid, frightened)
  • ຫວຳ adj (afraid, frightened)
  • ເກງ adj (afraid, frightened)

Latin

2 entries
  • metuens adj (afraid, frightened)
  • timidus adj (afraid, frightened)

Latvian

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  • bail adj (afraid, frightened)
  • bailīgs adj (afraid, frightened)

Louisiana Creole

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  • pè adj (afraid, frightened)
  • pœr adj (afraid, frightened)

Macedonian

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  • исплашен adj (afraid, frightened)

Norwegian

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  • redd adj (afraid, frightened)
  • skremt adj (afraid, frightened)

Old English

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  • forht adj (afraid, frightened)

Old French

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  • dubitous adj (afraid, frightened)

Polish

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  • wystraszony adj (afraid, frightened)
  • zalękniony adj (afraid, frightened)

Portuguese

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  • assustado adj (afraid, frightened)

Romanian

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  • speriat adj (afraid, frightened)
  • înfricoșat adj (afraid, frightened)
  • înspăimântat adj (afraid, frightened)

Russian

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  • боя́щийся adj (afraid, frightened)
  • испу́ганный adj (afraid, frightened)
  • напу́ганный adj (afraid, frightened)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • prestrašen adj (afraid, frightened)
  • престрашен adj (afraid, frightened)

Sicilian

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  • scantatu adj (afraid, frightened)

Slovak

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  • ustráchaný adj (afraid, frightened)

Slovene

1 entries
  • prestrašen adj (afraid, frightened)

Spanish

1 entries
  • asustado adj (afraid, frightened)

Swedish

1 entries
  • rädd adj (afraid, frightened)

Thai

1 entries
  • หวาด adj (afraid, frightened)

Ukrainian

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  • зля́каний adj (afraid, frightened)

Vietnamese

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  • sợ hãi adj (afraid, frightened)

Welsh

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  • ofnus adj (afraid, frightened)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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It almost scared me not to see you online for a whole day.

Source: tatoeba (1407)

"To tell you the truth, I am scared of heights." "You are a coward!"

Source: tatoeba (1511)

He was scared when the monkey jumped at him.

Source: tatoeba (25870)

Merry is scared of dogs.

Source: tatoeba (31766)

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