Bound to embrace German man? Not hard if scared (9)
I believe the answer is:
terrified
'scared' is the definition.
(terrifying is a kind of scaring)
'bound to embrace german man? not hard if' is the wordplay.
'bound to' becomes 'tied' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'embrace' is an insertion indicator.
'german man?' becomes 'herr' (German for man or Mr).
'not' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'herr' with 'h' taken away is 'err'.
'err'+'if'='errif'
'tied' enclosing 'errif' is 'TERRIFIED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for terrified that I've seen before include "Extremely frightened" , "Panic-stricken - dire refit (anag)" , "Scared stiff" , "Greatly frightened" .)