SCARE

scare, panic attack

(noun) a sudden attack of fear

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”

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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

scare (plural scares)

A minor fright.

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

A device or object used to frighten.

Synonyms

• fright

Etymology 2

Verb

scare (third-person singular simple present scares, present participle scaring, simple past and past participle scared)

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

Synonyms

• frighten

• terrify

• See also frighten

Etymology 3

Adjective

scare (comparative more scare, superlative most scare)

lean; scanty

Anagrams

• CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, sacre, serac, sérac

Source: Wiktionary

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Scare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scared; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaring.] Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

Definition: Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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