Defenition of the word scare

• Defenition of the word scare

  • cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
  • cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
  • sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"
  • a sudden attack of fear
  • 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"
  • sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
  • cause fear in
  • cause to lose courage

Synonyms for the word scare

• • affright
  • dash
  • daunt
  • fright
  • frighten
  • frighten away
  • frighten off
  • pall
  • panic
  • panic attack
  • scare away
  • scare off

Similar words in the scare

• • dash
  • daunt
  • frighten away
  • frighten off
  • pall
  • scare
  • scare away
  • scare off

Hyponyms for the word scare

• • alarm
  • appal
  • appall
  • awe
  • bluff
  • consternate
  • dismay
  • horrify
  • intimidate
  • red scare
  • spook
  • terrify
  • terrorise
  • terrorize

Hypernyms for the word scare

• • anxiety
  • anxiousness
  • excite
  • fear
  • fearfulness
  • fright
  • intimidate
  • restrain
  • shake
  • shake up
  • stimulate
  • stir

Idioms for the word scare

• • scare away

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