To become frightened: “The children were ________ he was going to hurt them.”
| AFRAID | 560 |
| SCARED | 419 |
| SCARED TO DEATH | 31 |
| SCAIRT | 23 |
| FRAID | 21 |
| TERRIFIED | 14 |
| AFEARED | 12 |
| FRIGHTENED | 12 |
| PETRIFIED | 10 |
| ASCARED | 7 |
| SCARED STIFF | 6 |
| FEARED | 5 |
| SCARED OUT OF THEIR WITS | 5 |
| WORRIED | 5 |
| FEARFUL | 4 |
| NR | 4 |
| ALARMED | 3 |
| SURE | 3 |
| HORRIFIED | 2 |
| SPOOKED | 2 |
| A-SKEERED | 1 |
| AFRAIT | 1 |
| ASCARED TO DEATH | 1 |
| CERTAIN | 1 |
| FELT | 1 |
| FROZEN | 1 |
| HYSTERICAL | 1 |
| PANICKED | 1 |
| PANICKY | 1 |
| SCARED SKINNY | 1 |
| SCARING | 1 |
| SKEERED | 1 |
| SKEERED OUT OF THEIR WITS | 1 |
| SKEERT | 1 |
| THOUGHT | 1 |
| TO PIECES | 1 |
| WAS AFRAID HE WAS A-GONNA HURT ‘EM | 1 |
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