scare

[ skair ]

/ skɛər /

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verb (used with object), scared, scar·ing.

to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.

verb (used without object), scared, scar·ing.

to become frightened: That horse scares easily.

noun

a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.

a time or condition of alarm or worry: For three months there was a war scare.

Verb Phrases

scare up, Informal. to obtain with effort; find or gather: to scare up money.

Origin of scare

1150–1200; (v.) Middle English skerren < Old Norse skirra to frighten, derivative of skjarr timid, shy; (noun) late Middle English skere, derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR scare

1 startle, intimidate. See frighten.

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OTHER WORDS FROM scare

scar·er, noun scar·ing·ly, adverb un·scared, adjective

Words nearby scare

scarce as hen's teeth, scarcely, scarcely ever, scarcement, scarcity, scare, scare out of one's wits, scare quotes, scare up, scarecrow, scaredy-cat

Example sentences from the Web for scared

Once I got over that hurdle, it was as if a huge weight had lifted and I was not scared anymore.

Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen |Sharon Adarlo |December 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He recalled for Koenig how scared Jay was the night he was picked up by cops—though not of the police, but of Adnan.

Adnan Killed Her! No, Jay Did It! Serial’s Uncertain, True-to-Reality End |Emily Shire |December 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
About our Eric Garners—too fat, too scared, too noncompliant, too many kids—there are always, as Flagg knows well, excuses.

McConaughey’s ‘Stand’—And Ours |James Poulos |December 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He says attacks against women have risen, and the migrants and refugees have made people too scared to leave their homes at night.

In Rome’s Riots, Cries for Mussolini and Attacks on Refugees |Barbie Latza Nadeau |November 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

He had been scared and powerless to protect himself, and Moscow had been silent.

How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin |Masha Gessen |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And if you should hear me serrynadin' you with a horse-fiddle after a while, don't be scared.

The Wrong Woman |Charles D. Stewart
Cheseldine's got border towns on his staff, or scared of him, and these places we want to know about, especially Fairdale.

The Lone Star Ranger |Zane Grey
I was scared at letting go of my professional easy-going life.

Aliens |William McFee
The old woman Gianna had come downstairs with a lighted rush candle in her hand; she was scared and afraid.

The Waters of Edera |Louise de la Rame, a.k.a. Ouida
It was concluded that by these acts the intruder was scared away.

The Other World; or, Glimpses of the Supernatural (Vol. I of II) |Various

British Dictionary definitions for scared

scare

/ (skɛə) /

verb

to fill or be filled with fear or alarm

(tr; often foll by away or off) to drive (away) by frightening

(tr) US and Canadian informal (foll by up)

to produce (a meal) quickly from whatever is available
to manage to find (something) quickly or with difficultybrewers need to scare up more sales

noun

a sudden attack of fear or alarm

a period of general fear or alarm

adjective

causing (needless) fear or alarm a scare story

Derived forms of scare

scarer, noun

Word Origin for scare

C12: from Old Norse skirra; related to Norwegian skjerra, Swedish dialect skjarra

Idioms and Phrases with scared

scare

In addition to the idioms beginning with scare

scare out of one's wits
scare up

also see:

run scared

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scare

verb (used with object), scared, scar·ing.

verb (used without object), scared, scar·ing.

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scare

verb (used with object), scared, scar·ing.

verb (used without object), scared, scar·ing.

noun

Verb Phrases

Origin of scare

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OTHER WORDS FROM scare

Words nearby scare

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