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Scared vs Appalled - What's the difference?

scared | appalled |

As adjectives the difference between scared and appalled

is that scared is having fear; afraid, frightened while appalled is shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.

As verbs the difference between scared and appalled

is that scared is past tense of scare while appalled is past tense of appall.

scared

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Having fear; afraid, frightened.

    • Synonyms

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (scare)

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    appalled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • shocked, horrified by something unpleasant
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (appall)
  • (appal)