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 scare scare /ˈskɛr/

noun

  1. A sudden attack of fear  ( panic attack , scare )
    a sudden attack of fear
  2. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events  ( scare , panic )
    sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
     Panic in the stock market
    panic in the stock market
     A war scare
    a war scare
     A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building
    a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building

verb

  1. () Cause fear in  ( affright , fright [Archaic] , scare , frighten )
    cause fear in
     The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
    The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
     Ghosts could never affright her
    Ghosts could never affright her
  2. () Cause to lose courage  ( dash , frighten off , pall , daunt , frighten away , scare , scare away , scare off )
    cause to lose courage
     Dashed by the refusal
    dashed by the refusal