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scare

/sk/(@)/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

    noun.state

    Examples
    A war scare.
    A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building.
    Synonyms panic

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. a sudden attack of fear

    noun.feeling

    Synonyms panic attack

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

verb

  1. cause fear in

    verb.emotion

    Synonyms affright fright frighten

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. cause to lose courage

    verb.emotion

    Synonyms dash daunt frighten away frighten off pall scare away scare off

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

scarcementscarcenessscarcityscardscardiniusscardinius erythrophthalmusscare awayscare offscare quotescarecrowscarecrowishscared

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