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scared
adjective
it was growing dark and she began to feel scared:
frightened, afraid, fearful, nervous, panicky, agitated, alarmed, worried, intimidated;
terrified, petrified, horrified, panic-stricken, scared stiff, frightened/scared out of one's wits, scared witless, frightened/scared to death, terror-stricken, terror-struck, horror-stricken, horror-struck, frantic, hysterical, beside oneself;
with one's heart in one's mouth, shaking in one's shoes, shaking like a leaf, shaky;
Scottish feart;
informal in a cold sweat, in a (blue) funk, jumpy, jittery;
British, informal funky, windy;
North American, informal spooked;
vulgar slang scared shitless, shit scared, shitting bricks, bricking oneself;
dialect frit;
archaic afeared, affrighted.
antonyms confident, laid-back, calm.
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