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scare Definition and Meaning in English (scare definition)

verb
Synonyms:frightenstartlealarm
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Scare definition: To cause someone to feel sudden fear or alarm, often by a sudden noise, movement, or appearance.

Definitions of Scare

  1. 1verb

    To cause someone to feel sudden fear or alarm, often by a sudden noise, movement, or appearance.

  2. 2noun

    A sudden feeling of fear or panic, often brief and intense.

Example Sentences

casual

“The sudden loud bang scared everyone in the room.”

casual

“It gave me quite a scare when I saw a spider on my pillow.”

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Inflected Word Forms

past tensescared
present participlescaring
pluralscares
agent nounscaremonger
adjectivescary

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

scare awayphrasal_verb

To make a person or animal leave by frightening them.

scare upphrasal_verb

To find or gather something with difficulty.

scare the living daylights out of someoneidiom

To frighten someone very badly.

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Scare definition: To cause someone to feel sudden fear or alarm, often by a sudden noise, movement, or appearance.
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'Scare' translates to 'scare' in English. Scare definition: To cause someone to feel sudden fear or alarm, often by a sudden noise, movement, or appearance.
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