Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, not comparable)Extremely frightened.

Origin

Could be a reformation of Old English oþ dēaþ ondrǣdan (literally “to be scared to death”)

Could be a reformation of Old English oþ dēaþ ondrǣdan (literally “to be scared to death”).

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scareB1scarecrowscarfA2scarletB2

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