Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - scared

1. If you are scared of someone or something, you are frightened of them. I’m certainly not scared of him... I was too scared to move... Why are you so scared? = frightened ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ of n, ADJ to-inf 2. If you are scared that something unpleasant might happen, you are nervous and worried because you think that it might happen. I was scared that I might be sick... He was scared of letting us down. = worried ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ that, ADJ of -ing