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Synonyms for scare
skɛərscare
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Wiktionary
scarenoun
scarenoun
To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
Did that scare you when I said Boo!?
scarenoun
A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
JM is a scare to the capitalists of this country.
Synonyms:
fright
English Synonyms and Antonyms
scare
One is frightened by a cause of fear addressed directly and suddenly to the senses; he is intimidated by an apprehension of contingent consequences dependent on some act of his own to be done or forborne; the means of intimidation may act through the senses, or may appeal only to the intellect or the sensibilities. The sudden rush of an armed madman may frighten; the quiet leveling of a highwayman's pistol intimidates. A savage beast is intimidated by the keeper's whip. Employers may intimidate their employees from voting contrary to their will by threat of discharge; a mother may be intimidated through fear for her child. To browbeat or cow is to bring into a state of submissive fear; to daunt is to give pause or check to a violent, threatening, or even a brave spirit. To scare is to cause sudden, unnerving fear; to terrify is to awaken fear that is overwhelming. Compare ALARM.
Synonyms:
affright, alarm, appal, browbeat, cow, daunt, dismay, frighten, intimidate, terrify
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
panic, scarenoun
sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
"panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
Synonyms:
terror, panic attack, affright, panicscare, panic attackverb
a sudden attack of fear
Synonyms:
panic attack, panicfrighten, fright, scare, affrightverb
cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
Synonyms:
pall, scare off, daunt, affright, frighten away, scare away, fright, frighten, frighten off, dashdaunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scareverb
cause to lose courage
"dashed by the refusal"
Synonyms:
weary, dull, shoot, scoot, pall, cloy, flash, fatigue, fright, affright, scare off, frighten, tire, frighten away, scud, jade, die, become flat, scare away, crash, daunt, frighten off, dart, dash, smash
Dictionary of English Synonymes
scareverb
Synonyms:
frighten, affright, FRIGHT, intimidate, daunt, appall, terrify, make afraid, put in fear
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1174 | flash | |
#1763 | die | |
#2824 | fear | |
#4148 | alarm | |
#4498 | crash | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5421 | terror | |
#5795 | afraid | |
#6587 | tire | |
#7132 | cow | |
#8550 | panic | |
#8587 | dash | |
#9715 | jade | |
#9982 | scared | |
#10055 | fatigue | |
#13293 | dull | |
#13346 | smash | |
#13901 | scare | |
#15944 | dart | |
#18159 | deter | |
#19799 | weary | |
#29576 | fright | |
#33345 | dismay | |
#35818 | pall | |
#37463 | intimidate | |
#43167 | frighten | |
#51312 | spook | |
#56541 | scoot | |
#59155 | scud | |
#68351 | startle | |
#89362 | alarmist | |
#100606 | terrify | |
#172953 | daunt | |
#207297 | browbeat | |
#216390 | appal | |
#224580 | affright | |
#280664 | cloy |
How to use scare in a sentence?
This data isn’t meant to scare anybody. We have one of the best public water drinking systems in the world.
Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
Sentiment is clearly on edge and I think the market's move has been outsized, relative to actual changes in fundamentals, i think it's more of a growth scare which is getting magnified by the moves in financial markets.
There is a battle going on in Bangladesh between fundamentalists and secularists, a blogger like Niloy Neel, the last one who was killed, was openly questioning fundamentalist thought. Organizations like Ansar Bangla wanted to shut him up -- and scare others into not talking.
(The) sell-off on the ... flu scare was mollified by a timely decline in U.S. crude inventories.
Translations for scare
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- أفزعArabic
- палохацьBelarusian
- espantar, espaventarCatalan, Valencian
- vylekat, polekat, postrašit, vyděsitCzech
- Schreck, erschreckenGerman
- φοβίζωGreek
- atemorizar, susto, espantar, asustarSpanish
- kauhu, pelästyttää, säikäyttää, pelätti, säikähdysFinnish
- effrayer, peurFrench
- cuir eagla arIrish
- spavento, paura, timore, spaurire, impaurire, spaventareItalian
- 怯え, 威かす, 恐怖, 脅威, 驚かすJapanese
- 놀래키다Korean
- terreōLatin
- schrikkenDutch
- straszyćPolish
- assustar, sustoPortuguese
- speriaRomanian
- пу́гало, напуга́ть, испуга́ть, па́ника, жу́пел, страх, испу́г, пуга́ть, страши́ть, устраша́тьRussian
- prestrašitiSlovene
- skrämmaSwedish
- ukaliliSwahili
- лякатиUkrainian
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