What does scare mean?
Definitions for scare
skɛərscare
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word scare.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
scare, panic attack(verb)
a sudden attack of fear
frighten, fright, scare, affright(verb)
cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare(verb)
cause to lose courage
"dashed by the refusal"
Wiktionary
scare(Noun)
A minor fright
Johnny had a bad scare last night.
scare(Noun)
A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
JM is a scare to the capitalists of this country.
scare(Verb)
To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
Did that scare you when I said "Boo!"?
Webster Dictionary
Scare(verb)
to frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm
Scare(noun)
fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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 »
acres, cares, caser, ceras, e-cars, races, sacre, serac
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scare in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scare in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of scare in a Sentence
This type of study can scare pregnant women unnecessarily away from a healthy protein that includes essential fatty acids for their baby's brain and eye development.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
I frankly think that that clip will be played for years at Second Amendment rallies with organizations that try to scare people by saying,' Democrats are coming for your guns,'.
Those who think they can scare us...open your ears and hear this: we are winning this election.
You scare the hell out of all of us --- at least, I'm scared.
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- أفزعArabic
- палохацьBelarusian
- espaventar, espantarCatalan, Valencian
- vylekat, polekat, vyděsit, postrašitCzech
- Schreck, erschreckenGerman
- φοβίζωGreek
- asustar, espantar, susto, atemorizarSpanish
- pelästyttää, säikäyttää, säikähdys, pelätti, kauhuFinnish
- peur, effrayerFrench
- cuir eagla arIrish
- spaurire, timore, spavento, impaurire, paura, spaventareItalian
- 恐怖, 威かす, 怯え, 脅威, 驚かすJapanese
- 놀래키다Korean
- terreōLatin
- schrikkenDutch
- straszyćPolish
- assustar, sustoPortuguese
- speriaRomanian
- па́ника, пу́гало, пуга́ть, страши́ть, устраша́ть, испу́г, страх, жу́пел, испуга́ть, напуга́тьRussian
- prestrašitiSlovene
- skrämmaSwedish
- ukaliliSwahili
- лякатиUkrainian
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