SCARE

/skɛə/ ► audio Scrabble 7 Words With Friends 8

Definition

  1. verb cause fear in. — synonyms: frighten, fright, affright
  2. verb cause to lose courage. — synonyms: daunt, dash, scare_off, pall, frighten_off, scare_away, frighten_away
  3. noun sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events. — synonyms: panic
  4. noun a sudden attack of fear. — synonyms: panic_attack

Examples

  • “Johnny had a bad scare last night.”
  • “a food-poisoning scare”
  • “Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"?”

Anagrams of SCARE

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