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[ skair ] SHOW IPA
/ skɛər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
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Origin of scare First recorded in 1150–1200; (verb) Middle English skerren. from Old Norse skirra “to frighten”, derivative of skjarr “timid, shy”; (noun) late Middle English skere, derivative of the verb
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synonym study for scare 1 . See frighten.
OTHER WORDS FROM scare scarer, noun scar·ing·ly, adverb un·scared, adjective Words nearby scare scarce as hen's teeth, scarcely, scarcely ever, scarcement, scarcity, scare , scarecrow, scaredy-cat, scarehead, scaremonger, scare out of one's wits
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Propane cannons boom every 10 seconds, 24/7/365 to scare away the birds.
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I would not allow that paper, blown by the wind, to scare me from the highway of the argument!
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He had never once mentioned her husband's name, fearing to scare her, or to sting her pride.
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They gave me a scare all right, yesterday, and I'm wanting to even up the score.
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She'll scare away everything that breathes with her aristocratic death's head.
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His six feet three inches of bone and sinew was usually sufficient to scare off any trouble-seekers.
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British Dictionary definitions for scare 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 difficulty brewers 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
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Idioms and Phrases with scare In addition to the idioms beginning with scare
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Words related to scare alarm, shock, panic, paralyze, dismay, terrorize, intimidate, startle, daunt, awe, petrify, terrify, terror, start, fright, alert, freeze, spook, affright, chill