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1. (v.t.) scare
to fill, esp. suddenly, with fear; frighten.
2. (v.i.) scare
to become frightened.
3. scare
scare up, to find or procure in spite of difficulties:
Try to scare up some wood for the fire.
4. (n.) scare
a sudden fright or alarm.
5. scare
a time or condition of alarm or worry:
a war scare.
Etymology: (1150–1200; (v.) ME skerren < ON skirra to frighten; (n.) late ME skere, der. of the v.)
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1. (noun) panic, scare
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. (verb) scare, panic attack
a sudden attack of fear
3. (verb) frighten, fright, scare, affright
cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
4. (verb) daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
cause to lose courage
"dashed by the refusal"
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1. (verb) scare
to make feel afraid
He jumped out and tried to scare us.
2. scare
to become frightened
The horse doesn't scare easily.
3. (noun) scare
a situation in which sb is frightened
We had a scare yesterday when her fever got very high.
4. scare
a bomb scare
when sb says there is a bomb nearby
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) scare
fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake
2. (verb) scare
to frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm
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Sense: to startle or frighten
You'll scare the baby if you shout; His warning scared her into obeying him.
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 Afrikaans: bangmaak |
 Arabic: يُفْزِع، يُخيف |
 Bulgarian: плаша (се) |
 Brazilian: assustar |
 Czech: poděsit |
 German: erschrecken |
 Danish: skræmme |
 Greek: τρομάζω κπ., τρομοκρατώ |
 Spanish: asustar |
 Estonian: hirmutama |
 Farsi: ترساندن |
 Finnish: pelästyttää |
 French: faire peur (à) |
 Hebrew: לְהַפחִיד |
 Hindi: डरना |
 Croatian: preplašiti, prestraviti |
 Hungarian: megijeszt |
 Indonesian: membuat takut |
 Icelandic: hræða |
 Italian: spaventare |
 Japanese: おびえさせる |
 Korean: 겁주다 |
 Lithuanian: išgąsdinti |
 Latvian: nobiedēt |
 Malay: menakutkan |
 Dutch: doen schrikken |
 Norwegian: gi en støkk, skremme |
 Polish: przestraszyć |
 Persian: ترساندن |
 Pashto: ډارول، بيرول، ويرول، |
 Portuguese: assustar |
 Romanian: a speria |
 Russian: (ис)пугать |
 Slovak: vystrašiť |
 Slovenian: prestrašiti |
 Serbian: preplašiti |
 Swedish: skrämma |
 Thai: กลัว |
 Turkish: korkutmak |
 Taiwanese: 驚嚇 |
 Ukrainian: лякати |
 Urdu: خوف زدہ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm kinh hãi |
 Chinese: 惊吓 |
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