ascared
Informally quite frightened
Ascared is a dialectal or humorous variant of scared, meaning frightened or afraid: I'm ascared of the dark.
The form appears in rural American speech and in deliberate baby talk or playful registers.
It follows the pattern of other a-prefixed adjectives like asleep and awake, though scared doesn't normally take this form in standard English.
Extremely frightened
- petrifiedSolidified or fear-paralyzed
- fearfulFull of fright
- spookedFrightened into alertness
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
panicked · horrified · startled · shaking · quaking · terror-stricken · panic-stricken · dreading
Uneasy and apprehensive
- worriedTroubled by uncertainty
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
jittery · edgy · tense · restless · concerned · troubled · distressed · agitated
Informally friendly and simple
- rusticRural and unrefined
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- regionalRelating to an area
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
old-timey · down-home · countrified · homespun · quaint · informal · casual · childlike
terrified
Extremely frightened
trembling · panicked · horrified · startled · shaking · quaking · terror-stricken · panic-stricken · dreading · shivering
nervous
Uneasy and apprehensive
- worriedTroubled by uncertainty
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
fretful · jittery · edgy · tense · restless · concerned · troubled · distressed · agitated · antsy
folksy
Informally friendly and simple
- rusticRural and unrefined
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- regionalRelating to an area
vernacular · old-timey · down-home · countrified · homespun · quaint · informal · casual · childlike · skeered