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
scare (plural scares)
A minor fright.
A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
A device or object used to frighten.
• fright
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.
• frighten
• terrify
• See also frighten
scare (comparative more scare, superlative most scare)
lean; scanty
• CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, sacre, serac, sĂ©rac
Source: Wiktionary
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
21 April 2025
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