1. Cause fear in
   - frighten, fright, affright 
2. Cause to lose courage
   - daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away

1. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
   "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
   - panic 
2. A sudden attack of fear
   - panic attack

Derived forms: scared, scares, scaring

See also: scarer, scarey [non-standard]

Type of: anxiety, anxiousness, excite, fear, fearfulness, fright, intimidate, restrain, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

Encyclopedia: Scare

• genus Tarrietia
• genus Tarsius
• genus Taurotragus
• genus Tautoga
• genus Tautogolabrus
• genus Taxidea
• genus Taxodium
• genus Taxus
• genus Tayassu
• genus Tectaria
• genus Tectona
• genus Telanthera
• genus Tellima
• genus Telopea
• genus Templetonia
• genus Tenrec
• genus Tephrosia
• genus Terebella
• genus Teredo
• genus Termes
• genus Terrapene
• genus Terrietia
• genus Testudo
• genus Tethus
• genus Tetraclinis