Is frightened of an adjective

Answer 1

Scared can be a verb (past tense of the verb to scare), and an adjective. Example uses:

As a verb: She was scared to speak but didn't show it.

As an adjective: A scared little rabbit crouched under the leaves.

Answer 2

The word 'scare' is already both a noun and a verb. To make it into an adjective, you could add a 'd': 'scared'. There are other adjectives derived from the word; perhaps you could think of one or two yourself.

Answer 3

The word 'scared' is not a noun. The word 'scared' is the past participle, past tense of the verb to scare. The past participle of the verb is also an adjective: a scaredrabbit.

The noun form for the verb to scare is the gerund, scaring.

The word scare is also a noun, a singular, common, abstract noun; a word for a fright or a widespread state of alarm; a word for a thing.

Answer 4

The word frightened is the past tense, past participle of the verb to frighten (frightens, frightening, frightened). The past participle of a verb is also an adjective (the frightened children).

The noun forms for the verb to frighten are fright, frightener (one who frightens), and the gerund, frightening.

Answer 5

The word frightened is an adjective, but "of" is a preposition.

In the construction "there is nothing to be frightened of" the object of the preposition is nothing.

Answer 6

Scare is a verb. The adjective would be 'scared' as it is describing the state of something/someone.

I would say "scary", with "scared" being a verb-form used as an adjective.

Answer 7

Adjective. Scary is a word used to describe a noun.