Definitions for scare
skɛərscare

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

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1. Alex

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   Veena

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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. Mark Bucher:

   It [ the backlash from the Right to Life supporters ] does n’t scare me or preclude me from doing it again. It’s the discussion everyone wants to have, i have a feeding ground of opportunities with the Obamas staying in Washington and the Trumps living a block away.

2. Roger Federer:

   I get that you think I'm old and all that. But it doesn't scare me when I go into a big match against any player who's in their prime right now, novak Djokovic right now is a reference for everybody. Novak Djokovic's the only guy that has been able to stop me as of late.

3. Michael Scanlon:

   The retail sales numbers this morning missed expectations. You couple that with the total lack of growth in Europe ... and if you're a short term trader, it gives you something to throw out a bear scare on.

4. Daniel Kish:

   Any time you make more trips -- whether it’s trains, trucks or buses -- accidents increase, i’m not trying to scare people. But the records show that if you move more stuff there will be more problems.

5. Lindsey Graham:

   You scare the hell out of all of us --- at least, I'm scared.

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