{"loaderData":{"0":null,"0-3":[{"type":"fetchPageData/fulfilled","payload":{"_id":"home-legacy","story":{"created_at":"2023-07-04T15:14:18.526Z","published_at":"2024-05-02T04:05:00.000Z","content":{"heroModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/10-interesting-words-from-taylor-swifts-showgirl-album/","text":"Read more.","target":"_self"}],"article":{"name":"10 Interesting Words from Taylor Swift's \"Showgirl\" Album","content":{"topicLabel":"🎶"}},"imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/featured/hero/10-interesting-words-from-taylor-swifts-showgirl-album-20251020.png","description":"Taylor Swift's word choices reveal a songwriter who's not afraid to expand the vocabulary of pop music. Check out some of the most interesting words you'll encounter when you listen to \"The Life of a Showgirl\" album.","subjectLabel":"Today"}],"quizModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/learn/quizzes","text":"Go to all quizzes","target":"_self"}],"image":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-quiz.png","articleLink":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/swiftie-spotlight-language-of-a-showgirl","text":"Take the full quiz.","target":"_self"}],"subjectLabel":"Quiz","wordpressSlug":"swiftie-spotlight-language-of-a-showgirl","questionNumber":"1"}],"xotdModule":[],"gamesModule":[{"gamesList":[{"name":"Daily Crossword","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:24:23.318Z","published_at":"2024-02-07T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141299,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/crossword/","text":"Daily Crossword","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215805,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-crossword.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":""},"slug":"daily-crossword","full_slug":"games/daily-crossword","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"013f4974-3fad-4e2b-8aa2-c573ef31f263","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:55.972Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Hurdle","created_at":"2023-07-07T20:42:46.109Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":337835996,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/todays-hurdle","text":"Hurdle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215808,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/hurdle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/hurdle"},"slug":"hurdle","full_slug":"games/hurdle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-30,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3342f4e9-9403-4609-a956-7cd5eab50dc9","first_published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:55.648Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Puzzle","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:31:56.964Z","published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:59.422Z","id":336150578,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-puzzle","text":"Word Puzzle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215807,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-puzzle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false}},"slug":"word-puzzle","full_slug":"games/word-puzzle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-20,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"71792320-7229-4ab6-8558-b3af16f5e557","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:43.933Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Wipe","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:28:02.623Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141320,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe","text":"Word Wipe","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215806,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-wipe.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe"},"slug":"word-wipe","full_slug":"games/word-wipe","sort_by_date":null,"position":-10,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3789fc63-90b3-4407-99f4-fa263d1a3e39","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:50.947Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true}],"description":"Calling all cruciverbalists! Sharpen your mind with crosswords and word games, or take a brain break with your favorite classic games.","subjectLabel":"Games"}],"commonModule":[],"ribbonModule":[],"trendingModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/name-meanings-in-dictionary/","text":"Is Your Name in the Dictionary? Proper Names With Other Meanings"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/how-to-write-a-scary-story-tips-to-haunt-your-reader/","text":"How to Write a Scary Story: Tips to Haunt Your Readers"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/wrack-vs-rack/","text":"\"Racking My Brain\" or \"Wracking My Brain\"?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/pasta-shapes-names/","text":"All the Pasta Shape Names Explained: How Many Do You Know?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/comfort-character/","text":"Who's Your Comfort Character?"}]}}],"subjectLabel":"Trending"}],"newsletterModule":[{"title":"Salutations, logophile!","imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/newsletter.png","description":"Sign up to get everything a word lover could want: word origins, fun facts, and the latest language trends.","subjectLabel":"Newsletter"}],"largeRibbonModule":[],"recirculationModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/ampersand/","text":"What Are Ampersands and How Do You Use Them?"}],"topicLabel":"Informal writing"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/football-terms/","text":"28 Football Terms to Make You Sound Like a Pro"}],"topicLabel":"Sports 🏈"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/gen-z-stare/","text":"What Is the Gen Z Stare?"}],"topicLabel":"Slang"}}],"subjectLabel":"Featured"}]},"slug":"shared-homepage","full_slug":"homepages/shared-homepage","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140983,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"c7ed375b-9129-448c-aeec-9f52e3fef270","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T18:23:43.845Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null}},"meta":{"requestId":"CQKpXEkCdL9J0W1mozgoH","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"nlp":[{"id":"1835978-8053","sentence":"“Well, at last. I been talking myself hoarse telling you that. Claude just rang up a little while ago. He says Ignatius made a big scene at the hospital when they met. Claude says lie’s ascared of Ignatius, he’s so big.”","source":{"sourceName":"Literature","publicationDate":"1980-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"1980-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802130208","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"John Kennedy Toole","title":"A Confederacy of Dunces"},"offsets":[186,193]},{"id":"14893-395","sentence":"I woudn' join 'em, because they're a lot of sissies,\" he said, \"but yer needn' be ascared ter come down here because I woudn' leave no guy hurt yer; I woudn' leave 'em guy yer because yer a Boy Scout.","source":{"sourceName":"Project Gutenberg","publicationDate":"2010-12-12T02:59:50.320Z","publication_date":"2010-12-12T02:59:50.320Z","url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17767","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Fitzhugh, Percy Keese","title":"Pee-Wee Harris Adrift"},"offsets":[82,89]},{"id":"3662-4172","sentence":"I ain't ascared to do the moving, even if you are.","source":{"sourceName":"Project Gutenberg","publicationDate":"2010-12-11T19:28:39.900Z","publication_date":"2010-12-11T19:28:39.900Z","url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4922","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Mulford, Clarence Edward","title":"Bar-20 Days"},"offsets":[8,15]},{"id":"3662-943","sentence":"I wonder,\" said Hopalong, glancing through the door, \"if them friends of mine reckon I'm any ascared to go in that tent?","source":{"sourceName":"Project Gutenberg","publicationDate":"2010-12-11T19:28:39.900Z","publication_date":"2010-12-11T19:28:39.900Z","url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4922","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Mulford, Clarence Edward","title":"Bar-20 Days"},"offsets":[93,100]}],"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"ascared"},"requestId":"paW7hyOy3gC0t3S7A9PJL","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusRelatedEntries/fulfilled","payload":{"slug":"ascared"},"meta":{"arg":"ascared","requestId":"1DqaZrNQRP6v1PfUwPOuN","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2021-05-09T14:49:22Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"ascared","standardForm":"ascared"},"id":"6097f672000000030600031f","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2021-05-09T14:49:22Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"ascared","groups":["a","aa","c","d","e","r","s"],"numLetters":7,"reverse":"deracsa","subwordTokens":["ascared","scared","cared","ared","red","ed","d"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"6097f6720000000306000324","ordinal":1,"shortText":"afraid","source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"alarmed","id":"6097f66300000003d500c95e","slug":"alarmed"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"apprehensive","id":"6097f672000000030600ad5a","slug":"apprehensive"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"fearful","id":"6097fbc200000000880023e6","slug":"fearful"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"fearsome","id":"6097fbc20000000088002704","slug":"fearsome"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"frightened","id":"6097fbe000000002ac00f1d0","slug":"frightened"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"panic-stricken","id":"6097f73a00000001eb001281","slug":"panic-stricken"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"panicky","id":"6097f73a00000001eb0011c7","slug":"panicky"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"petrified","id":"6097f74800000003ce0028d8","slug":"petrified"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"scared","id":"6097f7ac000000013f007f5a","slug":"scared"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"scared stiff","id":"6097f7ac000000013f007fa9","slug":"scared-stiff"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"scared to death","id":"6097f7ac000000013f007fc2","slug":"scared-to-death"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"spooked","id":"6097f7e80000000031000c2b","slug":"spooked"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"terrified","id":"6097f841000000014100ada8","slug":"terrified"},"similarity":10}]}],"id":"6097f672bb1f88f7c11ce33e","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"adjective"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"5568074700000000bb0093ec","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"A07/A0722100/A0722100.flac","mpeg":"A07/A0722100/A0722100.mp3","ogg":"A07/A0722100/A0722100.ogg","wav":"A07/A0722100/A0722100.wav"},"id":"5568074700000000bb0093ed","ipa":{"text":"əˈskɛərd"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[3,4,5,6,7,8],"html":"uh-skaird","italicIndices":[0,1],"text":"uh-skaird"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"ascared","source":"random-house","type":"tcom"}],"type":"tcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"ascared","requestId":"1r9N0yiCj8U688aN2qjo0","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchDictionaryEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:29:27Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"ascared","standardForm":"ascared","syllabicForm":"a·scared"},"id":"5568074700000000bb0093e8","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:29:27Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"ascared","groups":["a","aa","c","d","e","r","s"],"numLetters":7,"reverse":"deracsa","subwordTokens":["ascared","scared","cared","ared","red","ed","d"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"5568074700000000bb0093fd","source":"dcom","text":"First recorded in 1905–10; a- prefix attached to past participles (compare British dialect a- with same function; y- ) + scared ( def. )","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetDefinition":{"id":"556806cf000000024c0052ee","ordinal":1,"text":"feeling fear; filled with apprehension."},"targetEntry":{"headword":"afraid","id":"556806cf000000024c0052e0","slug":"afraid"}},{"targetDefinition":{"id":"613239e000000002130060f1","ordinal":1,"text":"filled with fear, terror, or dread, often suddenly; frightened; alarmed."},"targetEntry":{"headword":"scared","id":"613239e000000002130060e9","slug":"scared"}}],"id":"5568074700000000bb0093f8","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Dialect","type":"category"}],"text":"afraid; scared."}],"id":"5568074700000000bb0093f3","label":"Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"adjective","tags":[{"tag":"Midland_and_Southern_U.S.","type":"geographic"}]}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"5568074700000000bb0093ec","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"A07/A0722100/A0722100.flac","mpeg":"A07/A0722100/A0722100.mp3","ogg":"A07/A0722100/A0722100.ogg","wav":"A07/A0722100/A0722100.wav"},"id":"5568074700000000bb0093ed","ipa":{"text":"əˈskɛərd"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[3,4,5,6,7,8],"html":"uh-skaird","italicIndices":[0,1],"text":"uh-skaird"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"ascared","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"}],"type":"dcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"ascared","requestId":"RNIsGctHLuyM0OEuY78v1","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"ascared","slug":"ascared"},{"displayForm":"ascarid","slug":"ascarid"},{"displayForm":"scared","slug":"scared"},{"displayForm":"ascaris","slug":"ascaris"},{"displayForm":"scarred","slug":"scarred"},{"displayForm":"spared","slug":"spared"},{"displayForm":"stared","slug":"stared"},{"displayForm":"Cascades","slug":"cascades"},{"displayForm":"cascabel","slug":"cascabel"},{"displayForm":"declared","slug":"declared"},{"displayForm":"mascaron","slug":"mascaron"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"ascared","slug":"ascared"},{"displayForm":"scared","slug":"scared"},{"displayForm":"unscared","slug":"unscared"},{"displayForm":"scarred","slug":"scarred"},{"displayForm":"seared","slug":"seared"},{"displayForm":"shared","slug":"shared"},{"displayForm":"soared","slug":"soared"},{"displayForm":"spared","slug":"spared"},{"displayForm":"stared","slug":"stared"},{"displayForm":"discarded","slug":"discarded"},{"displayForm":"unscarred","slug":"unscarred"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"ascared"},"requestId":"c3QiygNaqjE9dgXs_pG1Q","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

ascared

Example Sentences