The meaning of Scare

skeər

Scare – definition

verb
Cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.
Usage examples:
I was scared stiff
Synonims:
Frighten Make afraid Make fearful Make nervous Panic Throw into a panic Terrify Petrify Scare/frighten to death Scare stiff Scare witless Scare/frighten the life out of Scare the hell out of

noun
A sudden attack of fright.
Usage examples:
Gosh, that gave me a scare!
Synonims:
Fright Shock Start Turn Jump The heebie-jeebies

verb
Cause fear in

verb
To feel frightened, or to cause someone to feel frightened
Usage examples:
[ t ] snakes scare me., [ i ] jesse doesn’t scare easily., you gave me a real scare., after his hea…

verb
To (make a person or animal) feel frightened
Usage examples:
Sudden noises scare her., she's very brave - she doesn't scare easily., he scared me out of my wits…

noun
A sudden feeling of fear or worry
Usage examples:
I got/had a scare (= i was very worried) when i looked at my bank statement this morning!, you gave…

noun
An occasion when a subject receives a lot of public attention and worries many people, often when there is no real danger
Usage examples:
A bomb/health scare, the government are accused of employing scare tactics (= ways of frightening p…

Scare translation into English

Scare: translate from English into Chinese

吓, 迋, 异, 惊荒, 荒张

Scare: translate from English into Dutch

Laten schrikken, Schrik, Doen schrikken, Afschrikken, Bang maken, Angst, Verjagen, Paniek, Vrees, Bangmakerij, Verschrikken

Scare: translate from English into French

Effrayer, Peur, Faire peur, Panique, Crainte, Intimider

Scare: translate from English into German

Schrecken, Erschrecken, Schreck, Angst machen, Verängstigen, Schrecken einjagen, Hysterie, Aufschrecken, Vergrämen, Panikstimmung

Scare: translate from English into Hindi

डराना, त्रासना, दबाब डालकर माँगना, डराकर भगाना, डराकर उड़ाना, बिदकाना, अकारण भय, हलचल, तहलका, भगदड़, खोलने की धमकी देकर मांगना, झूठ मूठ डराने की वस्तु, विभिषिका, चिडियों का डराने का पुतला

Scare: translate from English into Italian

Spavento, Spaventare, Paura, Allarme, Terrore, Impaurire, Atterrire

Scare: translate from English into Korean

공황, 깜짝 놀라게 하다, 겁냄, 겁내다, 위협하다, 놀라게 하여 쫓아버리다

Scare: translate from English into Russian

Напугать, Пугать, Паника, Попугать, Отпугивать, Внезапный испуг, Вспугивать

Scare: translate from English into Spanish

Susto, Asustar, Espantar, Alarma, Pánico, Amedrentar, Intimidar, Dar miedo

Word origin

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

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Scare synonims

fright

noun
A sudden intense feeling of fear.
Usage examples:
I jumped up in fright

verb
Frighten.
Usage examples:
Come, be comforted, he shan't fright you

noun
The feeling of fear, esp. if felt suddenly, or an experience of fear which happens suddenly
Usage examples:
[ u ] when the rescue team reached him, he was shaking with fright., [ c usually sing ] you gave he…

All meanings and translations of Fright

frighten

verb
Make (someone) afraid or anxious.
Usage examples:
The savagery of his thoughts frightened him

verb
To make someone feel fear
Usage examples:
Be quiet or you’ll frighten the deer., she was too frightened to enter the room alone.

All meanings and translations of Frighten

jump

verb
Push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet.
Usage examples:
The cat jumped off his lap

noun
An act of jumping from a surface by pushing upwards with one's legs and feet.
Usage examples:
In making the short jump across the gully he lost his balance

Move forward by leaps and bounds

All meanings and translations of Jump

panic

noun
Sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour.
Usage examples:
She hit him in panic

verb
Feel or cause to feel panic.
Usage examples:
The crowd panicked and stampeded for the exit

noun
A cereal and fodder grass of a group including millet.
Usage examples:
Two of the most common, but functionally indeterminate, grass grains regularly identified from amer…

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petrify

verb
Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.
Usage examples:
The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around v…

All meanings and translations of Petrify

shock

noun
A sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience.
Usage examples:
It was a shock to face such hostile attitudes

verb
Short for shock absorber.

verb
Arrange (sheaves of grain) in a shock.
Usage examples:
The grain is shocked in the field after it is cut

All meanings and translations of Shock

start

verb
Begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space.
Usage examples:
The season starts in september

noun
The point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning.
Usage examples:
He takes over as chief executive at the start of next year

abbreviation
Strategic arms reduction treaty, an agreement between the us and the soviet union to limit and reduce strategic nuclear weapons, first signed in 1991.

All meanings and translations of Start

terrify

verb
Cause to feel extreme fear.
Usage examples:
The thought terrifies me

verb
To frighten someone severely
Usage examples:
His looks are enough to terrify anyone., she’s always been terrified of spiders., a terrifying expe…

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turn

verb
Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.
Usage examples:
The big wheel was turning

noun
An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.
Usage examples:
A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb
Move around an axis or a center

All meanings and translations of Turn

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