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- DictionaryScare/sker/
verb
- 1. cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten: "I was scared stiff"
noun
- 1. a sudden attack of fright: "gosh, that gave me a scare!"
Scare is a verb that means frighten or intimidate. You might be embarrassed to admit that you don't want to go to the beach with your friends because of how much seagulls scare you. Questions on a test you're unprepared for might scare you, and so might a barking dog.
SCARE definition: 1. to frighten a person or animal: 2. to make someone feel very frightened 3. a sudden feeling of…. Learn more.
scare away. scare into doing. scare off. scare up. See scare in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: scare. Definition of scare verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
4 days ago · A scare is a situation in which many people are afraid or worried because they think something dangerous is happening which will affect them all. Despite the scare there are no plans to withdraw the drug. He's had a prostate cancer scare. 4. countable noun [usually noun NOUN]
a sudden feeling of fear or worry: The earthquake gave us a scare. scare noun [C] (SITUATION) a situation that worries or frightens people: a food / health scare. (Definition of scare from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of scare. in Chinese (Traditional) （使）驚恐，（使）害怕, 受驚嚇，感到害怕, 驚恐，恐慌… See more.
noun. /skeə (r)/ /sker/ [countable] (used especially in newspapers) a situation in which a lot of people are anxious or frightened about something. a health scare. recent scares about pesticides in food. a scare story (= a news report that spreads more anxiety or fear about something than is necessary) to cause a major scare.
: to cause (someone or something) to go away and stay away because of fear or because of possible trouble, difficulty, etc. The dog scared the prowler away. The noise scared off the birds. Tourists have been scared off by the recent violence in the city. [=tourists have not visited the city because of the recent violence there]
