Definitions for SCARE
skɛərscare

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. panic, scarenoun

   sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

   "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"

2. scare, panic attackverb

   a sudden attack of fear

3. frighten, fright, scare, affrightverb

   cause fear in

   "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"

4. daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scareverb

   cause to lose courage

   "dashed by the refusal"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scarenoun

   A minor fright

   Johnny had a bad scare last night.

2. scarenoun

   A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.

   JM is a scare to the capitalists of this country.

3. scareverb

   To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

   Did that scare you when I said "Boo!"?

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SCAREverb

   Etymology: scorare, Italian. Skinner.

   To fright; to frighten; to affright; to terrify; to strike with sudden fear.

   They have scared away two of my best sheep, which, I fear, the wolf will sooner find than the master. William Shakespeare.

   Poor Tom hath been scared out of his good wits. William Shakespeare.

   My grained ash an hundred times hath broke,
   And scar’d the moon with splinters. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   The noise of thy cross-bow
   Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   Scarecrows are set up to keep birds from corn and fruit; and some report that the head of a wolf, whole, dried, and hanged up in a dovehouse, will scare away vermin. Francis Bacon.

   The wing of the Irish was so grievously either galled or scared therewith, that being strangers, and in a manner neutrals, they had neither good heart to go forward, nor good liking to stand still, nor good assurance to run away. John Hayward.

   The light
   Waves threaten now, as that was scar’d by fire. Edmund Waller.

   One great reason why mens good purposes so often fail, is, that when they are devout, or scared, they then in the general resolve to live religiously. Edmund Calamy, Sermons.

   Let wanton wives by death be scar’d;
   But, to my comfort, I’m prepar’d. Matthew Prior.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scare

   Fear is an intensely unpleasant emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes physiological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat. Fear in human beings may occur in response to a certain stimulus occurring in the present, or in anticipation or expectation of a future threat perceived as a risk to oneself. The fear response arises from the perception of danger leading to confrontation with or escape from/avoiding the threat (also known as the fight-or-flight response), which in extreme cases of fear (horror and terror) can be a freeze response or paralysis. In humans and other animals, fear is modulated by the process of cognition and learning. Thus, fear is judged as rational or appropriate and irrational or inappropriate. An irrational fear is called a phobia. Fear is closely related to the emotion anxiety, which occurs as the result of threats that are perceived to be uncontrollable or unavoidable. The fear response serves survival by engendering appropriate behavioral responses, so it has been preserved throughout evolution. Sociological and organizational research also suggests that individuals' fears are not solely dependent on their nature but are also shaped by their social relations and culture, which guide their understanding of when and how much fear to feel.Fear is sometimes incorrectly considered the opposite of courage. For the reason that courage is a willingness to face adversity, fear is an example of a condition that makes the exercise of courage possible.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scare

   Scare refers to the sudden feeling of fear or fright often caused by something frightful or shocking. It can also refer to the act of causing such a fear in someone else.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scareverb

   to frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm

2. Scarenoun

   fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scare

   skār, v.t. to drive away by frightening: to strike with sudden terror: to startle, to affright.—n. an imaginary alarm: a sudden panic.—adj. lean, scanty.—ns. Scare′-babe, a bugbear; Scare′-bug; Scare′crow, anything set up to scare away crows or other birds: a vain cause of terror: a person meanly clad: the black tern; Scare′-fire, a fire-alarm: a conflagration. [M. E. skerren—skerre, frightened—Ice. skjarr, timid.]

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8. serac

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SCARE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SCARE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of SCARE in a Sentence

1. Cathrine Ertmann:

   But in all of this I also saw a peace and beauty, sometimes the scare is in the brief look at something. Like when you watch a horror movie, you only see a glimpse of the ghost, murderer or monster and your imagination works all the fright up for you. I think I felt I need to see everything to make it 'normal' and undramatic. And I think it works the same way with our relation to death in general.

2. Charlene Egbe:

   By opening back up bright and early, less than 24 hours after the local police department's failed scare tactic, we, at the Alaska Cannabis Club, have made it clear that the will of the people is stronger than any force they have — and we aren't going anywhere.

3. Fox News:

   The reason they're afraid of me is they can't control me…. I scare them.

4. Masha Gessen:

   Putin sincerely believes that Russia is surrounded by enemies and the job of a president is to be scary enough to scare them off.

5. Daniel Salmon:

   Vaccines are extremely safe. Serious adverse reactions are very, very rare. It's very unfortunate that there would be such a hashtag because it's going to scare people, if you scare people, less people will get vaccinated and you'll have outbreaks of things like measles which can kill children.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=SCARE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Scare
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=SCARE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scare
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SCARE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=SCARE