Definition of scare Scare

/skɛˈɹ/ - [sker] - scare

We found 9 definitions of scare from 5 different sources.

What does scare mean?

Noun Plural: scares
scare - a sudden attack of fear
		panic attack
		fright, fearfulness, fear the trait of being afraid
scare - 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"
		panic
		anxiety, anxiousness a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

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scare (Noun)
A minor fright.
scare (Noun)
A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
scare (Verb)
To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

scare (v. t.)
To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
scare (n.)
Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.

scare
skār, v.t. to drive away by frightening: to strike with sudden terror: to startle, to affright.—n. an imaginary alarm: a sudden panic.—adj. lean, scanty.—ns. Scare′-babe, a bugbear; Scare′-bug; Scare′crow, anything set up to scare away crows or other birds: a vain cause of terror: a person meanly clad: the black tern; Scare′-fire, a fire-alarm: a conflagration. [M. E. skerren—skerre, frightened—Ice. skjarr, timid.]

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