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  • past participle of scare.
  • past tense form of scare.
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scared

[skaird] / skɛərd /


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Scared by his sincerity, Violetta warns him off with a bouncy display of vocal fireworks that declare that she isn’t one to be caged by commitment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Scared money sits in a vault and pretends to read the Wall Street Journal.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

The Orange County Museum of Art presents its 2025 California Biennial: “Desperate, Scared, But Social,” featuring 12 artists exploring the rich, precocious and often awkward stage of late adolescence through multimedia exhibitions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

Scared, she did not tell anyone what was happening to her.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

“I’m driving along Mopac, and this dinosaur leaps out and takes a big bite out of my door! Scared me half to death!”

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar




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