past-participle adjective from scare (v.). Scared stiff first recorded 1900; scared shitless is from 1936. Scaredy-cat "timid person" first attested 1906.
too shocked and scared to move
Scarborough
scarce
scarcity
scare
scarecrow
scared
scare-monger
scarf
scarification
scarify
scarily
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