Scared-stiff Definition

adjective

Describes the fear-induced state (literal or figurative) where an person seems incapable of movement.

He was scared stiff, like a deer in the headlights, by the vampire walking toward him. The vampire had to say "Boo!" to make him get out of the way.
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Scared-stiff Sentence Examples

  • Critics of established art are scared stiff by this.

  • They seem to be scared stiff that ten or a dozen Bolsheviks will infect the whole world.

  • But now there were a few seconds before they left for the church and Sarah was scared stiff.

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