Definitions for Scare
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. panic, scare(noun)

   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 attack(verb)

   a sudden attack of fear

3. frighten, fright, scare, affright(verb)

   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, scare(verb)

   cause to lose courage

   "dashed by the refusal"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. scare(Noun)

   A minor fright

   Johnny had a bad scare last night.

2. scare(Noun)

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

   JM is a scare to the capitalists of this country.

3. scare(Verb)

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

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Scare(verb)

   to frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm

2. Scare(noun)

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

Anagrams for Scare »

1. acres, cares, caser, ceras, e-cars, races, sacre, serac

How to pronounce Scare?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Dilip Ratha:

   When you have hundreds of institutional investors...there is a big probability of herd mentality: You see a little bit of a scare and run for the door.

2. Rob Prazmark:

   I can understand the scare about the Zika virus, and when you have a souring market, which Brazil has become, the concept of entertaining at a high-profile event can also go sour.

3. Dane Lucas Bjerregaard:

   It was fun to battle with Justin these last two days, it's guys like him that I want to go out and compete against, and at least I gave him a little bit of a scare.

4. Snoop Dogg:

   [If the shooter had been a Muslim] the NRA would use it as fodder for propaganda to scare dumb racists into buying more guns.

5. Volodymyr Fesenko:

   Putin will scare the West with the prospect of full-scale conflict with Ukraine, he is trying to increase pressure on Kiev to force Ukraine to accept a Russian plan to resolve the conflict in the east.

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