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scare

/skɛɚ/noun, verb1 syllable

Scare means: cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away.

Synonyms for scare13

noun, as in sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

panic

noun, as in a sudden attack of fear

panic attack

verb, as in cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away

verb, as in cause fear in

frighten, fright, affright

also used for scare

terrify

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What does scare mean?4

verb

1

cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away“dashed by the refusal”

2

cause fear in“The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”

noun

1

sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events“panic in the stock market”

2

a sudden attack of fear

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with scare?52

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All 52 rhymes for scare, grouped by syllable

Scare in a sentence

  • Ziri was waving his arms around, trying to scare the dog away.Amastan
  • Don't worry, we're just going to give him a scare.ddnktr
  • Fyodor was wet and scare, but otherwise fine.Amastan
  • This experience was scary, but it didn't scare me into never camping again.Amastan
  • If you're trying to scare me, you're succeeding.CK
  • Keep the hamster away from loud noises, it can scare them.Amastan
  • I don't want to scare anyone, but that's just the beginning.Miktsoanit
  • Jaime found the text quite difficult, but that didn't scare him off.araneo

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Forms of scare

as a noun

plural
scares

as a verb

past tense
scared
present participle
scaring
third-person singular
scares
past participle
scared