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   Scare

   /sker/

   

   verb

   • 1. cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten: "I was scared stiff"
   • ▪ become scared: "I don't think I scare easily"

   noun

   • 1. a sudden attack of fright: "gosh, that gave me a scare!"
   • ▪ a situation characterized by sudden alarm or anxiety about something: "recent food scares have made the public rightly sensitive to new, apparently untested technologies"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse skirra ‘frighten’, from skjarr ‘timid’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scarer noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › scareScare Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of SCARE is to frighten especially suddenly : alarm. How to use scare in a sentence.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSCARE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SCARE definition: 1. to (make a person or animal) feel frightened: 2. a sudden feeling of fear or worry: 3. an…. Learn more.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › scareSCARE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   SCARE definition: 1. to frighten a person or animal: 2. to make someone feel very frightened 3. a sudden feeling of…. Learn more.

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › scareSCARE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Scare definition: to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm. See examples of SCARE used in a sentence.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › scareScare - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   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.

7. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › scarescare | meaning of scare in Longman Dictionary of ...

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English scare1 /skeə $ sker/ S2 verb 1 [ transitive] to make someone feel frightened SYN frighten, → afraid Loud noises can scare animals or birds. scare the life/living daylights/hell etc out of somebody (=scare someone very much) The alarm scared the hell out of me. scare the pants off somebody infor...

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › scarescare | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   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.