simple past tense and past participle of scare
"The loud noise scared the birds out of the tree, and they flew away immediately."
In plain English: To be scared is to feel afraid of something dangerous or frightening.
"The loud noise scared the cat from its hiding spot under the sofa."
made afraid
"the frightened child cowered in the corner"
"too shocked and scared to move"
Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
"The loud thunderstorm left everyone outside feeling scared and wanting to run inside immediately."
In plain English: Scared means feeling afraid or frightened about something bad that might happen.
"The loud thunder made everyone scared during the storm."
The word scared is formed by adding the suffix -ed to the verb scare. It entered English as a standard past tense and participle form indicating that someone has been frightened.