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Meaning of 'scare' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scare [ n.]
- Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.
2 . Scare [ v. t.]
- To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

Meaning of 'scare' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scare [ n]
Meaning (1):
- sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
Example in sentence:
  • a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building;
  • a war scare;
  • panic in the stock market
2 . scare [ v]
Meaning (2):
- cause to lose courage
Example in sentence:
  • dashed by the refusal
Meaning (3):
- cause fear in
Example in sentence:
  • Ghosts could never affright her;
  • The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me

Nearby Words:

scab scabbard scabbard plane scabbed scabbedness scabbily scabbiness scabbing scabble scabby

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