scared stiff

scare stiff

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skair stif]
- /skɛər stɪf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skair stif]
- /skɛər stɪf/

Definition of scared stiff words

adjective scared stiff terrified 1

Just one definition for scared stiff

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Parts of speech for Scared stiff

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Scared stiff

scared stiff popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for scared stiff

adj scared stiff

afraid — If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
ascared — frightened
butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
chicken-hearted — easily frightened; cowardly
faint-hearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.

adjective scared stiff

affrighted — to frighten.
aroused — in a state of sexual arousal
immobilised — Simple past tense and past participle of immobilise.
immobilized — Simple past tense and past participle of immobilize.
jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.

verb scared stiff

fright — sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror.

All 16 Synonyms of scared stiff

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