{
    "term": "scared",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "frightened of something or afraid that something bad might happen",
            "sensetop": "scared of doing somethingscared of somebody/somethingscared to do somethingscared (that)…scared at somethingscared at doing somethingscared for something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The thieves **got scared** and ran away."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He looked scared and hid behind Jesse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is scared of going out alone.",
                    "contextForm": "scared of doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's scared of heights.",
                    "contextForm": "scared of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "People are scared to use the buses late at night.",
                    "contextForm": "scared to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some victims are too scared to speak out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I’m scared (that) I’m going to fall.",
                    "contextForm": "scared (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was scared at the prospect of running out of food.",
                    "contextForm": "scared at something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Anne was scared at seeing her father crying.",
                    "contextForm": "scared at doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were scared for our lives *(= thought we would die)*.",
                    "contextForm": "scared for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a scared look"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was **scared to death** *(= very frightened)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were **scared stiff** *(= very frightened)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's **scared out of his mind** *(= very frightened)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wasn't sick, Sophie decided. He was just plain scared."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm feeling a little scared at the thought of the operation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's only a little injection. It's nothing to be scared about."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "be running", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "at", "of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "scared out of your wits",
                    "scared stiff",
                    "scared to death"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very easily frightened; to be very nervous",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very frightened; to frighten somebody very much",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was scared out of my wits!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The latest news has scared the wits out of investors."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be extremely frightened or bored",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skeəd/",
                "audio": "sc/scared/scared__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skerd/",
                "audio": "sc/scared/scared__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}