# scared

Pronunciation: say "SKAIRD" US /skɛ(ə)ɹd/, UK /skɛəd/

## Adjective

1. Feeling fear or alarm, especially in response to something threatening or unexpected.
   - Simple: Feeling afraid because you think something bad might happen.
   - _He was too scared to open the basement door._
   - _The hikers grew scared as the storm closed in around them._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of scare. — simple past and past participle of scare
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of scare. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The sudden bang scared everyone in the meeting room._
   - _The campers were scared by strange sounds in the night._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "scare" plus the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/scared (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).