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Definitions
Afraid or frightened.
Word origin
From scare + -ed.
Used in a sentence
“I’m scared I’ll miss the train.”
“I got scared silly.”
“The child was really scared of the dark.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Afraid”6 letters
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