scared

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• Received-Pronunciation: /skɛəd/
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• General-American: /skɛ(ə)ɹd/
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• General-American: [skɛɚd]
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian: /skeːd/
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• New-Zealand: /skeəd/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /skiəd/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /skeɹd/
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• /skɜː(ɹ)d/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)d
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• CMU ARPABET: S K EH1 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From scare + -ed.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَائِف (ḵāʔif) — afraid, frightened
• Arabic: مَذْعُور (maḏʕūr) — afraid, frightened
• Armenian: վախեցած (vaxecʻac) — afraid, frightened
• Basque: beldurtuta — afraid, frightened
• Belarusian: спало́ханы (spalóxany) — afraid, frightened
• Belarusian: спу́джаны (spúdžany) — afraid, frightened
• Belarusian: спу́жаны (spúžany) — afraid, frightened
• Bulgarian: уплашен (uplašen) — afraid, frightened
• Chinese Mandarin: 驚恐 /惊恐 (jīngkǒng) — afraid, frightened
• Chinese Mandarin: 驚慌 /惊慌 (jīnghuāng) — afraid, frightened
• Czech: vystrašený — afraid, frightened
• Danish: bange — afraid, frightened
• Danish: ræd — afraid, frightened
• Dutch: bang — afraid, frightened
• Esperanto: timigita — afraid, frightened
• Finnish: pelästynyt — afraid, frightened
• Finnish: peloissaan — afraid, frightened
• French: effrayé — afraid, frightened
• French: avoir peur — afraid, frightened
• Old French: dubitous — afraid, frightened
• Galician: asustado — afraid, frightened
• Georgian: შეშინებული (šešinebuli) — afraid, frightened
• German: erschrocken — afraid, frightened
• German: bange — afraid, frightened
• German: ängstlich — afraid, frightened
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌼𐌰 (usfilma) — afraid, frightened
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (faurhts) — afraid, frightened
• Greek: φοβισμένος (fovisménos) — afraid, frightened
• Greek: τρομαγμένος (tromagménos) — afraid, frightened
• Ancient Greek: ἔμφοβος (émphobos) — afraid, frightened
• Hebrew: מפוחד (mefukhád) — afraid, frightened
• Hebrew: מבוהל (mevohál) — afraid, frightened
• Hindi: भयभीत (bhaybhīt) — afraid, frightened
• Hungarian: ijedt — afraid, frightened
• Hungarian: rémült — afraid, frightened
• Icelandic: hræddur — afraid, frightened
• Italian: spaventato — afraid, frightened
• Italian: terrorizzato — afraid, frightened
• Italian: impaurito — afraid, frightened
• Japanese: 脅えた (obieta) — afraid, frightened
• Japanese: 怖い (kowai) — afraid, frightened
• Khmer: ខ្លាច (klaac) — afraid, frightened
• Khmer: ដោយខ្លាច (daoy klaac) — afraid, frightened
• Korean: 무서워하는 (museowohaneun) — afraid, frightened
• Lao: ຫວາດ (huāt) — afraid, frightened
• Lao: ຫວໍາ (huam) — afraid, frightened
• Lao: ເກງ (kēng) — afraid, frightened
• Latin: metuens — afraid, frightened
• Latin: timidus — afraid, frightened
• Latvian: bail — afraid, frightened
• Latvian: bailīgs — afraid, frightened
• Louisiana Creole: pœr — afraid, frightened
• Louisiana Creole: pè — afraid, frightened
• Macedonian: исплашен (isplašen) — afraid, frightened
• Khiamniungan Naga: hāh — afraid, frightened
• Norwegian: redd — afraid, frightened
• Norwegian: skremt — afraid, frightened
• Old English: forht — afraid, frightened
• Polish: wystraszony — afraid, frightened
• Polish: zalękniony — afraid, frightened
• Portuguese: assustado — afraid, frightened
• Romanian: înspăimântat — afraid, frightened
• Romanian: înfricoșat — afraid, frightened
• Romanian: speriat — afraid, frightened
• Russian: напу́ганный (napúgannyj) — afraid, frightened
• Russian: испу́ганный (ispúgannyj) — afraid, frightened
• Russian: боя́щийся (bojáščijsja) — afraid, frightened
• Serbo-Croatian: престрашен — afraid, frightened
• Serbo-Croatian: prestrašen — afraid, frightened
• Sicilian: scantatu — afraid, frightened
• Slovak: ustráchaný — afraid, frightened
• Slovene: prestrašen — afraid, frightened
• Spanish: asustado — afraid, frightened
• Swedish: rädd — afraid, frightened
• Thai: หวาด (wàat) — afraid, frightened
• Ukrainian: зля́каний (zljákanyj) — afraid, frightened
• Vietnamese: sợ hãi — afraid, frightened
• Welsh: ofnus — afraid, frightened
• West Frisian: bang — afraid, frightened