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1. Made afraid
   "too shocked and scared to move";
   - frightened

1. Cause fear in
   "The stranger who hangs around the building scares me";
   - frighten, fright [archaic], affright
    
2. Cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
   "scared off by the refusal"; "scared away by the refusal"; "scared by the refusal";
   - daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away

See also: afraid, 'fraid [non-standard]

Type of: excite, intimidate, put the frigheners on [Brit, informal], put the screws on [informal], shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

Encyclopedia: Scared