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Scare

Scare Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Scare? [n] a sudden attack of fear [n] sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare" [v] cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me" [v] cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Scare: affright \| fright \| frighten \| panic \| panic attack Related Terms \| Find terms related to Scare: See Also \| alarm \| anxiety \| anxiousness \| appal \| appall \| awe \| bluff \| consternate \| dash \| daunt \| dismay \| dread \| excite \| fear \| fear \| fearfulness \| fright \| frighten away \| frighten off \| horrify \| intimidate \| pall \| red scare \| restrain \| scare \| scare away \| scare off \| shake \| shake up \| spook \| stimulate \| stir \| terrify \| terrorise \| terrorize Scare In Webster's Dictionary \Scare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scaring}.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar, prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre, adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to turn.] To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. --Shak. {To scare away}, to drive away by frightening. {To scare up}, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang] Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify. \Scare\, n. Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. [Colloq.]

Scare Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scare?

[n] a sudden attack of fear
[n] sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"
[v] cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
[v] cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

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Scare In Webster's Dictionary

\Scare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Scaring}.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar,
prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre,
adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to
turn.]
To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

      The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so
      my shoot is lost.                        --Shak.

{To scare away}, to drive away by frightening.

{To scare up}, to find by search, as if by beating for game.
   [Slang]

Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.


\Scare\, n.
Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or
originating in mistake. [Colloq.]

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