skeered

English

Adjective

skeered (comparative more skeered, superlative most skeered)

1. Pronunciation spelling of scared.
   • 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 16:

     ‘Datʼs what makes me skeered.’

Verb

skeered

1. Pronunciation spelling of scared.
   • 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 22:

     ‘De noise uh de owls skeered me.’

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