scared

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

scared
    adj 1: made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the
           corner"; "too shocked and scared to move" [syn:
           {frightened}, {scared}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scare \Scare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Scaring}.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar,
   prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre,
   adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to
   turn.]
   To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
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         The noise of thy crossbow
         Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. --Shak.
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   {To scare away}, to drive away by frightening.

   {To scare up}, to find by search, as if by beating for game.
      [Slang]
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   Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "scared":
      afeared, afraid, aghast, alarmed, anxious, appalled, fear-struck,
      feared, fearful, frightened, haunted with fear, horrified,
      panicked, panicky, scary, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified,
      terror-stricken