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 flee, depart or back off through fear or intimidation
   "scared off by the refusal"; "scared away by the refusal";
   - scare off, frighten off, scare away, frighten away

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

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

Encyclopedia: Scared